How to Install and Uninstall adduser Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: May 01,2024

You can also install and uninstall the adduser on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "adduser" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install adduser on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall adduser on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                adduser
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the adduser package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: adduser
Architecture: all
Version: 3.118ubuntu5
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: important
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Adduser Developers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 608
Depends: passwd, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Suggests: liblocale-gettext-perl, perl, ecryptfs-utils (>= 67-1)
Filename: pool/main/a/adduser/adduser_3.118ubuntu5_all.deb
Size: 155528
MD5sum: d1971ca864f2f9062e81ea59e94fc5fd
SHA1: 0258792290ed3a8d00fab5c5c2ee00afac90a204
SHA256: 53c30389227d4d16f1108a1df7ae1540c890378318335d1dc7ee95b7257f1f17
SHA512: e262a604903de1daa9fe24c52f2fe5ac04274a5c9a73ab0d974adcb541087188b554e515e0c85dadb8cc47c1cf3220744f618d7c4e6d39a5e6078e2b807f7df0
Description: add and remove users and groups
Description-md5: 0e61515c925d932d3824e3dc6af2842b
Task: minimal, server-minimal
Build-Essential: yes