How To Install fgetty on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fgetty on Debian 12.
What is fgetty
fgetty is:
fgetty is a small, efficient, console-only getty for Linux. It is derived from mingetty but hacked until it would link against diet libc to produce the smallest memory footprint possible for a simple yet complete getty.
fgetty includes a login program that supports the checkpassword authentication interface, and also a checkpassword program that uses the standard C library interface to passwd and shadow.
There are three methods to install fgetty on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install fgetty Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fgetty using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fgetty
Install fgetty Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fgetty using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fgetty
Install fgetty 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 fgetty using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fgetty
How To Uninstall fgetty on Debian 12
To uninstall only the fgetty package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fgetty
Uninstall fgetty And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fgetty and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fgetty
Remove fgetty Configurations and Data
To remove fgetty configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fgetty
Remove fgetty configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fgetty configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fgetty
Dependencies
fgetty have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fgetty package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.