How To Install dh-sysuser on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dh-sysuser
on Debian 11.
What is dh-sysuser
dh-sysuser is:
dh-sysuser provides a debhelper sequence addon named ‘sysuser’ and command ‘dh_sysuser’, which provide declarating way to ensure, that required users are present after package installation and correctly handled after package removal.
There are three methods to install dh-sysuser
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 dh-sysuser Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dh-sysuser
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dh-sysuser
Install dh-sysuser Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dh-sysuser
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dh-sysuser
Install dh-sysuser 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 dh-sysuser
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dh-sysuser
How To Uninstall dh-sysuser on Debian 11
To uninstall only the dh-sysuser
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dh-sysuser
Uninstall dh-sysuser And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dh-sysuser
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dh-sysuser
Remove dh-sysuser Configurations and Data
To remove dh-sysuser
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dh-sysuser
Remove dh-sysuser configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dh-sysuser
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dh-sysuser
Dependencies
dh-sysuser have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dh-sysuser
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.