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

Last updated: May 03,2024

1. Install "newpid" package

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


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

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


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

Package: newpid
Architecture: amd64
Version: 13
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Christoph Berg
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 35
Depends: libcap2-bin, libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/universe/n/newpid/newpid_13_amd64.deb
Size: 11120
MD5sum: 728f70c132c9f06fc0f1c75fd4fbc584
SHA1: b5617fcb03fbb78aae3e09c91a36eae0895fb5ad
SHA256: 145d81d70a6224686fe435326cd5fb4809aab1fdf21e55bd3a96317024d18d46
SHA512: 48f73d1cd7ac1c5fcfd19f7732ce5fb335abd5fb0dc3e86e23b238948499a98d63e18b14c9071f62125e0e1dd6ce3ec766747751db52448adddc096930d734ff
Description-en: run a command in a new PID namespace
newpid is a simple suid wrapper around clone(CLONE_NEWPID) that launches a
command in a new PID namespace. Optionally it can also use CLONE_NEWNET to
request a new network namespace.
Description-md5: 385ff700e1d3e50af1bba6ed6f44ec74