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

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "sudo" package

This tutorial shows how to install sudo on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall sudo on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


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

Package: sudo
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.9.5p2-3ubuntu2
Priority: important
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Sudo Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2196
Depends: libaudit1 (>= 1:2.2.1), libc6 (>= 2.33), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0.2), libpam-modules, lsb-base
Conflicts: sudo-ldap
Replaces: sudo-ldap
Filename: pool/main/s/sudo/sudo_1.9.5p2-3ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 696512
MD5sum: 5e7233ccd086ea2aa20130108177a1b9
SHA1: 0bb0f8463b8550a1bb9b7ad2786c01ccc8ebec40
SHA256: 5ae03d848ecfc374bf9644b12e036df0d97a6e19025fd25f03f9f5f4d43df368
SHA512: 300f102b7d3584bf19ac0e0ead5e84662d1ab58a739862493cc42765f69caa547aebec00e263b8cc936a5a43a531c2adac7b12111e1f476ab8faa44566fbcffa
Homepage: https://www.sudo.ws/
Description-en: Provide limited super user privileges to specific users
Sudo is a program designed to allow a sysadmin to give limited root
privileges to users and log root activity. The basic philosophy is to give
as few privileges as possible but still allow people to get their work done.
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This version is built with minimal shared library dependencies, use the
sudo-ldap package instead if you need LDAP support for sudoers.
Description-md5: acd82d558698567df941afe9b1ac35df
Task: minimal, server-minimal