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

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "switchsh" package

Learn how to install switchsh on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall switchsh on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


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

Package: switchsh
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0~20070801-4
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Raphael Geissert
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 27
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Filename: pool/universe/s/switchsh/switchsh_0~20070801-4_amd64.deb
Size: 6186
MD5sum: c86d923151e343c5d9f153c85962e3e6
SHA1: b77baea41a2172ce498ea4abaef5a2fd43dcaaa0
SHA256: 96b6c31c484421481e62e16001492cbb20a99fdc9f9a72b01f6c3e46c6f4e489
SHA512: 74e8960732d0e6da75c62f1a4276825e3b6b5d14e4c1a68ce25c332a4193099c13c3473dcd8c754cffe7029d88ea49ed159469031dceff7773a1c755a2425d5f
Homepage: http://www.linux.it/~md/software/
Description-en: bind-mount bash as /bin/sh
Small program to bind-mount bash as /bin/sh for its child processes.
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It can be used when bash is not the default shell interpreter but a given
program makes use of bashisms (features not required by Policy for sh) and one
wants to run it without changing (or can not change) the default sh.
Description-md5: 22d82d574bfa6e134d822f2554df6be1