How to Install and Uninstall passwd Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "passwd" package

This is a short guide on how to install passwd on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall passwd on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                passwd
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the passwd package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: passwd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:4.13+dfsg1-4ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: required
Section: admin
Source: shadow
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Shadow package maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2419
Depends: libaudit1 (>= 1:2.2.1), libc6 (>= 2.38), libcrypt1 (>= 1:4.1.0), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~), libsemanage2 (>= 2.0.32), libpam-modules
Recommends: sensible-utils
Filename: pool/main/s/shadow/passwd_4.13+dfsg1-4ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 844340
MD5sum: 1aff0eb416ee8735decdb48571230922
SHA1: cc20e410de8892e4ad6e2f8b7532aaa16c6d946f
SHA256: e8c7650e3c410102e8c6f0f306e14d10a7dec78ef8c84cf6c3c84a5aec5dead6
SHA512: c119ec6fd82f54920f017db5a1506f6002a0b7ac5d05d45a8efd9b0f732c0e9cb0e8026e8ef6baf2003ffb2b827b1f0d4d190dfbd7f49a1bc68ba478febf5ed0
Homepage: https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow
Description: change and administer password and group data
Description-md5: 5bbd70e421ed3367a8299e53bd7afed4
Task: cloud-minimal, minimal, server-minimal