How to Install and Uninstall show-motd Package on Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa)

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "show-motd" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install show-motd on Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                show-motd
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "show-motd" package

Learn how to uninstall show-motd on Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                show-motd
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the show-motd package on Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa)

Package: show-motd
Architecture: all
Version: 3.10
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Source: update-motd
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Dustin Kirkland
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 16
Depends: update-motd (>= 3.6-0ubuntu1.19.10.0)
Breaks: base-files (<< 11ubuntu2), libpam-modules (<< 1.3.1-5ubuntu1.19.10.0), ubuntu-release-upgrader-core (<< 1:20.04.5), update-notifier-common (<< 3.192.26.1)
Filename: pool/main/u/update-motd/show-motd_3.10_all.deb
Size: 2094
MD5sum: 987400242bdf716d5500dc580a2cdfca
SHA1: ed090869e1f88759dccc4e78c82cd197d9dbf084
SHA256: 2473c514ce20364b3fad28f0bdbfc30a51b786cc1cac568772b747a68e52887d
SHA512: e9e17d9300848feb9a11ba31b73eef83df21ba5ee0555208b1efacf6f019c21544aa9b261bb0ee82886551f28017e8255896cedbeea43e710c5da6c547e3ef71
Description: show message of the day in interactive shells
Description-md5: b76efe00d024fed631cc576641eabad0
Task: ubuntu-wsl