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

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "ngetty" package

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


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

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


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

Package: ngetty
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.1-9
Built-Using: dietlibc (= 0.34~cvs20160606-12)
Priority: optional
Section: universe/comm
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 83
Depends: lsb-base (>= 3.0-6)
Filename: pool/universe/n/ngetty/ngetty_1.1-9_amd64.deb
Size: 23732
MD5sum: 8aa9ae25a3117e42f49fa7c9fde80f7b
SHA1: 8302cf075d2d44745683a24ad03afd653ee4a85a
SHA256: d08bc1da947050683cd5408168043194122bcc8226a47ae996e08c0cd187145a
SHA512: 37b824d0db0948ed9152d4a89d7fe90674ec0cca55bf990f91db7f529ec045dd2fcab148dcbb9c2db9d19edba27e5cb6e9a339fb5f48874dfc9cce183ba5f3b7
Description-en: getty replacement - one single daemon for all consoles
Ngetty is a daemon that starts login sessions on virtual console
terminals, on demand. It is a good replacement for all those getty
processes started from init that, most of the time, are only taking
up memory. Since it is compiled statically with dietlibc, the ngetty
binary size is only about 2k and uses considerably less memory than a
usual getty implementations.
Description-md5: c73b9c1b215bd1b69736b2c33f81cf08