How to Install and Uninstall libpam-malcontent Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "libpam-malcontent" package

This tutorial shows how to install libpam-malcontent on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libpam-malcontent
            
                    
    
    Copied

2. Uninstall "libpam-malcontent" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libpam-malcontent on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libpam-malcontent
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
    Copied

3. Information about the libpam-malcontent package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: libpam-malcontent
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.10.0-2
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Source: malcontent
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian freedesktop.org maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 32
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.60), libmalcontent-0-0 (>= 0.6.0), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1)
Filename: pool/universe/m/malcontent/libpam-malcontent_0.10.0-2_amd64.deb
Size: 5480
MD5sum: 615d182259abf56ebe75537f96abb1bd
SHA1: 9f07daf24c77ee9eea355f9ff392b7e514b78397
SHA256: ae89b456390475ba5f7df26d7a8f54672ce4d7d7852ab29e04e0cdad65dff481
SHA512: e3743028a3a29f3e55cfa1cea01725217cac3ef90199783117a1d6bf2bfa5003eb3839624760cd132e40d761000b7e7967ac28bb5e60494d13ada4c38dc24241
Homepage: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pwithnall/malcontent/
Description-en: PAM module to control the time a user is spending on the computer
malcontent implements support for restricting the type of content accessible
to non-administrator accounts on a Linux system. Typically, when this is used,
a non-administrator account will be for a child using the system; and the
administrator accounts will be for the parents; and the content being filtered
will be apps which are not suitable for the child to use, due to (for example)
being too violent.
.
This is not a security boundary, and a sufficiently technically advanced user
may always work around these parental controls. malcontent is not a mandatory
access control (MAC) system like AppArmor or SELinux. However, its correct use
by applications should provide enough of an obstacle to prevent users easily or
accidentally having access to content which they shouldn’t.
.
This package contains a PAM module to control the time a user is spending on
the computer.
Description-md5: f906325285c7c36037b22ab8acfb195a