How To Install efingerd on Debian 10

Learn how to install efingerd on Debian 10 with this tutorial. efingerd is Another finger daemon for unix capable of fine-tuning your output.

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install efingerd on Debian 10.

What is efingerd

efingerd is:

efingerd is a finger daemon, which executes programs and displays their output. This gives you complete control over what to display and to who, and an extreme configurability.

There are three methods to install efingerd on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install efingerd Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install efingerd using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install efingerd

Install efingerd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install efingerd using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install efingerd

Install efingerd 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 efingerd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install efingerd

How To Uninstall efingerd on Debian 10

To uninstall only the efingerd package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove efingerd

Uninstall efingerd And Its Dependencies

To uninstall efingerd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove efingerd

Remove efingerd Configurations and Data

To remove efingerd configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge efingerd

Remove efingerd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove efingerd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge efingerd

Dependencies

efingerd have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install efingerd package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.