How To Install elogind on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elogind on Debian 11.
What is elogind
elogind is:
elogind is a session management daemon extracted from systemd project’s “logind”
There are three methods to install elogind 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 elogind Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install elogind using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elogind
Install elogind Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elogind using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elogind
Install elogind 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 elogind using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elogind
How To Uninstall elogind on Debian 11
To uninstall only the elogind package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elogind
Uninstall elogind And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elogind and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elogind
Remove elogind Configurations and Data
To remove elogind configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elogind
Remove elogind configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elogind configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elogind
Dependencies
elogind have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elogind package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.