How To Install finger on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install finger on Debian 11. finger is user information lookup program

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install finger on Debian 11.

What is finger

finger is:

finger displays information about the system users.

There are three methods to install finger 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 finger Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install finger

Install finger Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install finger

Install finger 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 finger using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install finger

How To Uninstall finger on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove finger

Uninstall finger And Its Dependencies

To uninstall finger and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove finger

Remove finger Configurations and Data

To remove finger configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge finger

Remove finger configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge finger

Dependencies

finger have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install finger package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.