How to Install and Uninstall base-passwd Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "base-passwd" package

Please follow the steps below to install base-passwd on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                base-passwd
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "base-passwd" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall base-passwd on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


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

Package: base-passwd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.5.49
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: required
Essential: yes
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Colin Watson
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 234
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33), libdebconfclient0 (>= 0.145)
Recommends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Replaces: base
Filename: pool/main/b/base-passwd/base-passwd_3.5.49_amd64.deb
Size: 47496
MD5sum: e533cd17bfeb59e5ee59d633078ec34a
SHA1: 90da5971bbff3027f8e0f8eb0c9bb7fab74d2c7b
SHA256: 617fcc153b59b708cbb8683ed236ba1304a88c4e5f2b10dd33e16ad818eaf8eb
SHA512: c3fa0466d37682335dd63a5b84d565d2270a7ad95a275e59490b6b085f969a21d9dc26b1d77aecd01567f501831cc3eaaae17ff9619623f2ade8e2914c546326
Description-en: Debian base system master password and group files
These are the canonical master copies of the user database files
(/etc/passwd and /etc/group), containing the Debian-allocated user and
group IDs. The update-passwd tool is provided to keep the system databases
synchronized with these master files.
Description-md5: aad0cc52ee72b2469af5552851e49f03
Task: minimal