How To Install fingerd on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fingerd on Debian 12.
What is fingerd
fingerd is:
Fingerd is a simple daemon based on RFC1196 that provides an interface to the “finger” program at most network sites. The program is supposed to return a friendly, human-oriented status report on either the system at the moment or a particular person in depth.
There are three methods to install fingerd 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 fingerd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fingerd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fingerd
Install fingerd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fingerd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fingerd
Install fingerd 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 fingerd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fingerd
How To Uninstall fingerd on Debian 12
To uninstall only the fingerd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fingerd
Uninstall fingerd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fingerd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fingerd
Remove fingerd Configurations and Data
To remove fingerd configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fingerd
Remove fingerd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fingerd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fingerd
Dependencies
fingerd have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fingerd package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.