How to Install and Uninstall base-passwd Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "base-passwd" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install base-passwd on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall base-passwd on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                base-passwd
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the base-passwd package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: base-passwd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.5.47
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: required
Essential: yes
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Colin Watson
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 233
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.8), libdebconfclient0 (>= 0.145)
Recommends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Replaces: base
Filename: pool/main/b/base-passwd/base-passwd_3.5.47_amd64.deb
Size: 47736
MD5sum: 2e25a9ee3046baa258f79e3f2fea1db0
SHA1: b45077d23c4329e1e8f2c6cbce61f5a4c377b78d
SHA256: 96477a0b48c43358a7a2fcc958a4271424c16db6594719b05ae90e89a508772c
SHA512: 5d5fce27cdd43f689e70b36554b38a17bb72b888b84497ef225387c9eaae016df2911aabad7e0bd7b6d1e5bee02d4cfcd2a6fa12fc750424df842c37402cf6b9
Description-en: Debian base system master password and group files
These are the canonical master copies of the user database files
(/etc/passwd and /etc/group), containing the Debian-allocated user and
group IDs. The update-passwd tool is provided to keep the system databases
synchronized with these master files.
Description-md5: aad0cc52ee72b2469af5552851e49f03
Task: minimal