How to Install and Uninstall cmospwd Package on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "cmospwd" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install cmospwd on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                cmospwd
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "cmospwd" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall cmospwd on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                cmospwd
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the cmospwd package on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)

Package: cmospwd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.0+dfsg-2build1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Luke Faraone
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 57
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Filename: pool/universe/c/cmospwd/cmospwd_5.0+dfsg-2build1_amd64.deb
Size: 21056
MD5sum: bdaead11c0603d1bc259c26280832b05
SHA1: bd3216638625663e503a98e84b7269e37dae767d
SHA256: b2d901b4b44e86237d504f3e5c38b75f8d819d55b3d186d449468d4c79479198
SHA512: aa8816cf373ca10f755f8b07410821f4f05ba3a2b4bff793726911a8c0b8eb4dc226365c4740455fd68a36452c8098ca814235516f18d143185a16901e653aed
Homepage: http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/CmosPwd
Description: decrypt BIOS passwords from CMOS
Description-md5: 15fd197e22194ff29a906ee8ec37fee9