How To Install base-passwd on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install base-passwd on Debian 9.
What is base-passwd
base-passwd is:
These are the canonical master copies of the user database files (/etc/passwd and /etc/group), containing the Debian-allocated user and group IDs. The update-passwd tool is provided to keep the system databases synchronized with these master files.
There are three methods to install base-passwd on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install base-passwd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install base-passwd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install base-passwd
Install base-passwd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install base-passwd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install base-passwd
Install base-passwd 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 base-passwd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install base-passwd
How To Uninstall base-passwd on Debian 9
To uninstall only the base-passwd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove base-passwd
Uninstall base-passwd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall base-passwd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove base-passwd
Remove base-passwd Configurations and Data
To remove base-passwd configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge base-passwd
Remove base-passwd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove base-passwd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge base-passwd
Dependencies
base-passwd have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install base-passwd package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.