How To Install systemd-timesyncd on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install systemd-timesyncd
on Debian 11.
What is systemd-timesyncd
systemd-timesyncd is:
The package contains the systemd-timesyncd system service that may be used to synchronize the local system clock with a remote Network Time Protocol server.
There are three methods to install systemd-timesyncd
on Debian 11. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install systemd-timesyncd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install systemd-timesyncd
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install systemd-timesyncd
Install systemd-timesyncd Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install systemd-timesyncd
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install systemd-timesyncd
Install systemd-timesyncd Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install systemd-timesyncd
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install systemd-timesyncd
How To Uninstall systemd-timesyncd on Debian 11
To uninstall only the systemd-timesyncd
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove systemd-timesyncd
Uninstall systemd-timesyncd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall systemd-timesyncd
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove systemd-timesyncd
Remove systemd-timesyncd Configurations and Data
To remove systemd-timesyncd
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge systemd-timesyncd
Remove systemd-timesyncd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove systemd-timesyncd
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge systemd-timesyncd
Dependencies
systemd-timesyncd have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install systemd-timesyncd
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.