How to Install and Uninstall libnss-systemd Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "libnss-systemd" package

Please follow the instructions below to install libnss-systemd on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libnss-systemd
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libnss-systemd" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libnss-systemd on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libnss-systemd
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libnss-systemd package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: libnss-systemd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 248.3-1ubuntu8
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: important
Section: admin
Source: systemd
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian systemd Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 461
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), systemd (= 248.3-1ubuntu8)
Filename: pool/main/s/systemd/libnss-systemd_248.3-1ubuntu8_amd64.deb
Size: 126136
MD5sum: 5ec89a1b685c1f0874303c0fdcc1cf96
SHA1: fed068e4cacc22a50c7a1924cc0b473336866cc9
SHA256: 29e8801aa2b10995fe334b2a9ad56f5b7cd22ecf806a42a502b7d32cff67314b
SHA512: 2c767582f5bf452699136ab28a3391fd5811c4b1b151b9e33e63dfe60b6fd5b8ae717ef09270e4a294dab6670a3665cdd6927fbaada8decfbb58dd10c54ee569
Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd
Description-en: nss module providing dynamic user and group name resolution
nss-systemd is a plug-in module for the GNU Name Service Switch (NSS)
functionality of the GNU C Library (glibc), providing UNIX user and group name
resolution for dynamic users and groups allocated through the DynamicUser=
option in systemd unit files. See systemd.exec(5) for details on this
option.
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Installing this package automatically adds the module to /etc/nsswitch.conf.
Description-md5: f5bdd7572f97a2162876ec5b0a11a2ca
Task: minimal