How to Install and Uninstall login Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "login" package

Please follow the guidance below to install login on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall login on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


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

Package: login
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:4.8.1-1ubuntu9
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: required
Essential: yes
Section: admin
Source: shadow
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Shadow package maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 920
Pre-Depends: libaudit1 (>= 1:2.2.1), libc6 (>= 2.33), libcrypt1 (>= 1:4.1.0), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libpam-runtime, libpam-modules (>= 1.1.8-1)
Conflicts: amavisd-new (<< 2.3.3-8), backupninja (<< 0.9.3-5), echolot (<< 2.1.8-4), gnunet (<< 0.7.0c-2), python-4suite (<< 0.99cvs20060405-1)
Breaks: util-linux (<< 2.32-0.2~)
Replaces: manpages-de (<< 0.5-3), manpages-tr (<< 1.0.5), manpages-zh (<< 1.5.1-1)
Filename: pool/main/s/shadow/login_4.8.1-1ubuntu9_amd64.deb
Size: 222056
MD5sum: 69c271c3d6060c9e1d3597662ba0b948
SHA1: 1c9b769ca2560259256e3a7fefac4bebd64e0c66
SHA256: c0dfc03300fe366f8d4563ebc71990c45bceb2ea7ae4aabe31c82d409afe528e
SHA512: 4b03faefb45bc1174fb8b2f4daa10f1628099f5c5c09428286ad8879004481af14cf66c025481d9cbace57ae9555c4298ccd3a8a4e1d4122a5e1c33692937414
Homepage: https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow
Description-en: system login tools
This package provides some required infrastructure for logins and for
changing effective user or group IDs, including:
* login, the program that invokes a user shell on a virtual terminal;
* nologin, a dummy shell for disabled user accounts;
* su, a basic tool for executing commands as root or another user.
Description-md5: 78ac96cb774b9146397717a29f70b14b
Task: minimal, server-minimal