How to Install and Uninstall adduser Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: March 15,2025

1. Install "adduser" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install adduser on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall adduser on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                adduser
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the adduser package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: adduser
Architecture: all
Version: 3.116ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: important
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Adduser Developers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 624
Depends: passwd, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Suggests: liblocale-gettext-perl, perl, ecryptfs-utils (>= 67-1)
Filename: pool/main/a/adduser/adduser_3.116ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 162684
MD5sum: 97dff943493ad5831c5bfa67e4b503ac
SHA1: 5f3a18ea4515c5afdbd54f326ffd2707ca571124
SHA256: d451eb00b2d0e2940e26028ea9f2fb1be4f5109010e997acfb2c46229ebd9ebe
Homepage: http://alioth.debian.org/projects/adduser/
Description: add and remove users and groups
Description-md5: 7965b5cd83972a254552a570bcd32c93
Task: minimal
Build-Essential: yes
Supported: 5y