Complete Guide: Installing show-motd on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) 2024

1. Install "show-motd" package

This tutorial shows how to install show-motd on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                show-motd
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "show-motd" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall show-motd on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


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

Package: show-motd
Architecture: all
Version: 3.6-0ubuntu7
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Source: update-motd
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Dustin Kirkland
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 16
Depends: update-motd (>= 3.6-0ubuntu1.19.10.0)
Breaks: base-files (<< 11ubuntu2), libpam-modules (<< 1.3.1-5ubuntu1.19.10.0), ubuntu-release-upgrader-core (<< 1:20.04.5), update-notifier-common (<< 3.192.26.1)
Filename: pool/main/u/update-motd/show-motd_3.6-0ubuntu7_all.deb
Size: 2300
MD5sum: 143b600bd5b1876d6bb3ad4318bfa933
SHA1: 1250d7f6f2602396af89f94deaf9a23e71e4f239
SHA256: c6a4f435ecabec668816e26db2b633da9c828c096b4985e0529c0474c69a7f83
SHA512: f915e4995c89720c3c09df61abfdbd6391f2869068fb91bebe8750fe3e86bffc968f7682e4de64e691ebf27c825a9414a244e3c17b9858cf345933649ccaa3ff
Description-en: show message of the day in interactive shells
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This package installs a script in /etc/profile.d that dynamically
generates and shows a message-of-the-day in inteactive shells by
running scripts installed in /etc/update-motd.d.
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Showing the message-of-the-day in shells is useful when pam_motd does
not show it, for example when starting the interactive shell does not
require login.
Description-md5: b76efe00d024fed631cc576641eabad0