How to Install and Uninstall base-passwd Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "base-passwd" package

This tutorial shows how to install base-passwd on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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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 steps below to uninstall base-passwd on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: base-passwd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.5.51
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: required
Essential: yes
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Colin Watson
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 243
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33), libdebconfclient0 (>= 0.145)
Recommends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Replaces: base
Filename: pool/main/b/base-passwd/base-passwd_3.5.51_amd64.deb
Size: 48450
MD5sum: 058e87f7eb07f2af948c7c6b8f11de0b
SHA1: 526c9cbe97e53af1a9c4b5753cf6cc5be8e4afde
SHA256: de606f1e43cb3a61fea391660fd667bdf70c4337eb33c88a95d0d38432648f99
SHA512: 7348573cd246fcc91f455c30f1d5eea56c0e4ec8a9dcffa5550eeff5d9c8841b9e1ecd34e6eda16503248547c058cbdb20d720bbae4e478f9ab8afeea879d016
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