How To Install passwd on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install passwd on Debian 9.
What is passwd
passwd is:
This package includes passwd, chsh, chfn, and many other programs to maintain password and group data.
Shadow passwords are supported. See /usr/share/doc/passwd/README.Debian
There are three methods to install passwd on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install passwd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install passwd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install passwd
Install passwd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install passwd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install passwd
Install passwd 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 passwd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install passwd
How To Uninstall passwd on Debian 9
To uninstall only the passwd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove passwd
Uninstall passwd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall passwd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove passwd
Remove passwd Configurations and Data
To remove passwd configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge passwd
Remove passwd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove passwd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge passwd
Dependencies
passwd have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install passwd package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.