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

Last updated: February 17,2025

1. Install "bsdmainutils" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install bsdmainutils on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall bsdmainutils on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


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

Package: bsdmainutils
Architecture: all
Version: 12.1.7
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Bsdmainutils Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 26
Depends: bsdutils (>= 3.0-0), debianutils (>= 1.8), bsdextrautils (>= 2.35.2-7), calendar, ncal
Suggests: whois, vacation, mailutils
Filename: pool/main/b/bsdmainutils/bsdmainutils_12.1.7_all.deb
Size: 3296
MD5sum: 608a342910c9b8ba2ed130d88b7acb58
SHA1: 7ee859635db85edfa4efc79e43c91d5737133657
SHA256: 07447fde00ed55d642639191f4df8a4f9e922d5963213929d86fe14f4ad977f3
SHA512: 33f61959e09ed43faf8656900dd894af8034e59df07df90fb100900204f0402b190c5b5617cb0d3934f7f50134d3f9135834709d1cf84bc9270abc9a654b29d7
Description-en: Transitional package for more utilities from FreeBSD
This is a transitional package, it can be safely removed.
Description-md5: 83464646b592e2fe2746f6b5be6c68e6