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

Last updated: May 01,2024

1. Install "rungetty" package

This guide let you learn how to install rungetty on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall rungetty on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


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

Package: rungetty
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2-16build1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Rhonda D'Vine
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 37
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/universe/r/rungetty/rungetty_1.2-16build1_amd64.deb
Size: 12660
MD5sum: 09066c381d34858b716c9b98a6b42d6c
SHA1: b834e7870ead4f5102c8c45eae9d283e97690f22
SHA256: 4792a18a8679ce650ef33752cedcdd3866da2a5409322891bf2e1b43fe5e743a
SHA512: 9b892970a3cb1a992266c2db7f364ec5f0e3da7f1ccc5053b90532f899dc0b1b437e58a7bec12f33e51a428b40a2d17bcd7b8911e498200af22fd7b3f3bffc6e
Description-en: minimal console getty that can run any process
rungetty might be the getty you were looking for. It is able to run any
program, not just login. If a different program than login is used it usually
is run as nobody:nogroup, or the user/group specified on the commandline.
rungetty can even be configured to autologin, under certain circumstances.
See the manual page for more information.
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You have to change some lines in /etc/inittab for having any effect after
installing the package. rungetty is based on mingetty and therefore not
suitable for serial use.
Description-md5: 8ed382c887d7930021aa1be962cc55d7