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

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "finger" package

Please follow the steps below to install finger on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall finger on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


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

Package: finger
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.17-15.1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Source: bsd-finger
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 47
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.8)
Replaces: netstd
Filename: pool/universe/b/bsd-finger/finger_0.17-15.1_amd64.deb
Size: 15558
MD5sum: b17bfd955bb99b0fb2b3d075207b1d68
SHA1: 9493280593a9361bce5d78feffd2f03c06570181
SHA256: 58a2fbd08c683a427c15f5d4324bf0aa42b044df00a83b1e44ace272a8dbff76
Description: user information lookup program
Description-md5: fa4c81e598394f7d5057f3373fde86f6