How To Install ngetty on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ngetty on Debian 12.
What is ngetty
ngetty is:
Ngetty is a daemon that starts login sessions on virtual console terminals, on demand. It is a good replacement for all those getty processes started from init that, most of the time, are only taking up memory. Since it is compiled statically with dietlibc, the ngetty binary size is only about 2k and uses considerably less memory than a usual getty implementations.
There are three methods to install ngetty 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 ngetty Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ngetty using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ngetty
Install ngetty Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ngetty using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ngetty
Install ngetty 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 ngetty using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ngetty
How To Uninstall ngetty on Debian 12
To uninstall only the ngetty package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ngetty
Uninstall ngetty And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ngetty and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ngetty
Remove ngetty Configurations and Data
To remove ngetty configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ngetty
Remove ngetty configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ngetty configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ngetty
Dependencies
ngetty have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ngetty package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.