How To Install user-setup on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install user-setup on Debian 12.
What is user-setup
user-setup is:
This package creates an initial user, using the same code as is responsible for creating the initial user in the installer. It is only likely to be of any use if your system has no non-system users at all.
There are three methods to install user-setup 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 user-setup Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install user-setup using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install user-setup
Install user-setup Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install user-setup using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install user-setup
Install user-setup 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 user-setup using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install user-setup
How To Uninstall user-setup on Debian 12
To uninstall only the user-setup package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove user-setup
Uninstall user-setup And Its Dependencies
To uninstall user-setup and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove user-setup
Remove user-setup Configurations and Data
To remove user-setup configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge user-setup
Remove user-setup configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove user-setup configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge user-setup
Dependencies
user-setup have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install user-setup package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.