How To Install sysuser-helper on Debian 10

Learn how to install sysuser-helper on Debian 10 with this tutorial. sysuser-helper is dh-sysuser implementation detail

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sysuser-helper on Debian 10.

What is sysuser-helper

sysuser-helper is:

sysuser-helper provides code, which actually perform actions on system users on behalf of dh-sysuser package. This separation allows packages take advantage of improvement or fixes in ‘dh-sysuser’ without rebuilding.

This package is implementation detail of ‘dh-sysuser’. It should never be installed manually. No assumption about its content can be made.

There are three methods to install sysuser-helper on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install sysuser-helper Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install sysuser-helper using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install sysuser-helper

Install sysuser-helper Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install sysuser-helper using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install sysuser-helper

Install sysuser-helper 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 sysuser-helper using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sysuser-helper

How To Uninstall sysuser-helper on Debian 10

To uninstall only the sysuser-helper package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sysuser-helper

Uninstall sysuser-helper And Its Dependencies

To uninstall sysuser-helper and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sysuser-helper

Remove sysuser-helper Configurations and Data

To remove sysuser-helper configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge sysuser-helper

Remove sysuser-helper configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove sysuser-helper configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sysuser-helper

Dependencies

sysuser-helper have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sysuser-helper package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.