How to Install and Uninstall away Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 11,2024

1. Install "away" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install away on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall away on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                away
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the away package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: away
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.9.5+ds-0+nmu2build1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Rene Engelhard
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 54
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libpam-modules
Filename: pool/universe/a/away/away_0.9.5+ds-0+nmu2build1_amd64.deb
Size: 17704
MD5sum: ded8f184e8d46fc10943533015bb3a0d
SHA1: 383404aee08b69c87a74f58d3891145f3b1105f9
SHA256: 61e29c7ca0c5b2669320a6b3605b97ccc5540137bbdfae3986d2d616daaeafa1
SHA512: 0828c919f986afc172b004f76b33ebb8eebfb7fa49b943a6207b6f7bfe75bab5dac0ac4c9c62776cf3804dcba4473f10923dc9c18cc0aed98fa01231edf5791b
Description-en: Terminal locking program
Away is a simple program that locks your terminal, checks for new
mail in any given number of mailboxes, and lets others know why you
are inactive.
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Away puts the message specified why your are away into the output of
the 'w' command, so that users looking for you can see that and why you
are away (and not only idle for some time)
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Away will also notify you if you have new mail. By default Away only
checks for mail in a user's $MAIL file, but by using the awayrc file,
a user can configure any given number of mailboxes to be checked.
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Away also uses PAM to lock your terminal in the way xlock locks an X11
session.
Description-md5: 70a325e436fbdf1c902fbc67b949d259