How To Install login on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install login on Debian 11. login is system login tools

Introduction

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

What is login

login is:

This package provides some required infrastructure for logins and for changing effective user or group IDs, including:

  • login, the program that invokes a user shell on a virtual terminal;
  • nologin, a dummy shell for disabled user accounts;
  • su, a basic tool for executing commands as root or another user.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install login

Install login Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install login

Install login 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 login using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install login

How To Uninstall login on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove login

Uninstall login And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove login

Remove login Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge login

Remove login configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge login

Dependencies

login have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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