How to Install and Uninstall adduser Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "adduser" package

Learn how to install adduser on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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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 step by step instructions below to uninstall adduser on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: adduser
Architecture: all
Version: 3.118ubuntu2
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_3.118ubuntu2_all.deb
Size: 162792
MD5sum: 56dad661bb4f005db0c2ac8e3d9b1600
SHA1: 0a54d46fda725aeeb740b2dd94bc70a33c1e4145
SHA256: 5f7ea9d1d52a2a9c349468f89d160230e21c8542faed1b1a97c23bce873e17b4
SHA512: 354b02811da38569be2a147957295aff7590964578a75367f0972ae5d19cea1ff63981a4e8e82c8e20ca1812ac0577482ab8f9cf73c69d6d0ae7c91545ad49ce
Description-en: add and remove users and groups
This package includes the 'adduser' and 'deluser' commands for creating
and removing users.
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- 'adduser' creates new users and groups and adds existing users to
existing groups;
- 'deluser' removes users and groups and removes users from a given
group.
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Adding users with 'adduser' is much easier than adding them manually.
Adduser will choose appropriate UID and GID values, create a home
directory, copy skeletal user configuration, and automate setting
initial values for the user's password, real name and so on.
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Deluser can back up and remove users' home directories
and mail spool or all the files they own on the system.
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A custom script can be executed after each of the commands.
Description-md5: 0e61515c925d932d3824e3dc6af2842b
Task: minimal
Build-Essential: yes