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

Last updated: May 01,2024

1. Install "rungetty" package

This is a short guide on how to install rungetty on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall rungetty on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


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

Package: rungetty
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2-16ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Rhonda D'Vine
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 42
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/universe/r/rungetty/rungetty_1.2-16ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 12672
MD5sum: 9d2491446b6e937b9b18398d07d8059a
SHA1: 075f0e9d1e04676859d5482261297d77e1c56a66
SHA256: e17ab1636ee0285b480fd91a6d70d77ce99d49a0707a25578b42faaf5bb040ac
SHA512: 95b0ceea7765bf354d32a220924fb07c615f983d8522a21a5494a9da3510a6f3f0f47d840c73b204c3e758b40a32b0d6cbe6fd168fa8e3602743f37389767763
Description-en: minimal console getty that can run any process
rungetty might be the getty you were looking for. It is able to run any
program, not just login. If a different program than login is used it usually
is run as nobody:nogroup, or the user/group specified on the commandline.
rungetty can even be configured to autologin, under certain circumstances.
See the manual page for more information.
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You have to change some lines in /etc/inittab for having any effect after
installing the package. rungetty is based on mingetty and therefore not
suitable for serial use.
Description-md5: 8ed382c887d7930021aa1be962cc55d7