How to Install and Uninstall libnss-nis Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: November 22,2024

You can also install and uninstall the libnss-nis 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 "libnss-nis" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libnss-nis on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libnss-nis" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall libnss-nis on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


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

Package: libnss-nis
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.1-0ubuntu6
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 84
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libnsl2 (>= 1.0)
Breaks: libc6 (<< 2.32)
Replaces: libc6 (<< 2.32)
Filename: pool/main/libn/libnss-nis/libnss-nis_3.1-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb
Size: 27332
MD5sum: 84b55d5e64e0bfee14ebd5f654174895
SHA1: 50946c925a0143ae01613a62b58ef19f5d0967ba
SHA256: 2351c0e6e9b36ee75a32519e63662358cda683b3127502559f7209b4dd699dd0
SHA512: 86670e2265014d9f426677f5322e7f445950dcf62cf682fe5fcec42edd21057fb224db9a2aa2e773f3b131e11ab976f78bd343ab51dadcd7511ca03e654fa928
Homepage: https://github.com/thkukuk/libnss_nis
Description: NSS module for using NIS as a naming service
Description-md5: 565c2da031d683347dde58984d1547f2