How To Install sntp on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sntp on Debian 12.
What is sntp
sntp is:
This is a transitional package to transition to NTPsec. It can be safely removed once all uses of sntp(1) have been converted to run ntpdig instead.
There are three methods to install sntp 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 sntp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sntp using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sntp
Install sntp Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sntp using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sntp
Install sntp 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 sntp using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sntp
How To Uninstall sntp on Debian 12
To uninstall only the sntp package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sntp
Uninstall sntp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sntp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sntp
Remove sntp Configurations and Data
To remove sntp configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sntp
Remove sntp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sntp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sntp
Dependencies
sntp have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sntp package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
