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

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "mingetty" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install mingetty on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall mingetty on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


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

Package: mingetty
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.08-4
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 38
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Filename: pool/universe/m/mingetty/mingetty_1.08-4_amd64.deb
Size: 10356
MD5sum: 33dbe1a068a72ea1e001cda2bff8b8b6
SHA1: 7116c161f0897b020eeedb19b24f6100e1b60537
SHA256: f0a897ece42a41f5191ad9d6bd68df457b4f85f118333f90962c78e10f489b76
SHA512: 31b94d88eb3f428c6f2ff636e90b77c83c04166d2f328fd0dd787512c5ec1ec5d831dd02eb98cf6e25e36f78608d8a4d2ab154bb0fb0b71a6a6f3523080546b9
Description-en: Console-only getty
Mingetty is a small, efficient, console-only getty for Linux.
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"getty opens a tty port, prompts for a login name and invokes the
/bin/login command. It is normally invoked by init(8)."
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mingetty is a minimal getty for use on virtual consoles. Unlike
the getty in the util-linux or mgetty packages, mingetty is not
suitable for serial lines, which is why it's smaller.
Description-md5: 0ab16e61804b3e3dd3d05fa683c9ef0b