How to Install and Uninstall dh-sysuser Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "dh-sysuser" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install dh-sysuser on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                dh-sysuser
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "dh-sysuser" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall dh-sysuser on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


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

Package: dh-sysuser
Architecture: all
Version: 1.3.3
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Dmitry Bogatov
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 32
Depends: perl
Filename: pool/universe/d/dh-sysuser/dh-sysuser_1.3.3_all.deb
Size: 9188
MD5sum: 91fd9135e5d16724dd256ed312e52cf3
SHA1: 44b0f56b825850aaa8f94f2500d4c83b166aa1c9
SHA256: ab42fd6ef9dc30e3a8c241ae6bb16fd56cf1fdd28c806b438d37440b49c79678
SHA512: 6c284688a71ca6d0d09c38f3533878ac5baffc1f6346acf53ce52e6b9068c3b4bab0f5e339c5ebe3a31350b8e9030569f7aee163d217cdaf61a21eddbd319415
Homepage: https://salsa.debian.org/runit-team/dh-sysuser
Description-en: debhelper addon to handle creation of system users
dh-sysuser provides a debhelper sequence addon named 'sysuser'
and command 'dh_sysuser', which provide declarating way to
ensure, that required users are present after package installation
and correctly handled after package removal.
Description-md5: 6ed2956c96b2b0b240fdffd6e66cba4d