How to Install and Uninstall show-motd Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: January 10,2025

You can also install and uninstall the show-motd 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 "show-motd" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                show-motd
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "show-motd" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall show-motd on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


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

Package: show-motd
Architecture: all
Version: 3.10
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Source: update-motd
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Dustin Kirkland
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 16
Depends: update-motd (>= 3.6-0ubuntu1.19.10.0)
Breaks: base-files (<< 11ubuntu2), libpam-modules (<< 1.3.1-5ubuntu1.19.10.0), ubuntu-release-upgrader-core (<< 1:20.04.5), update-notifier-common (<< 3.192.26.1)
Filename: pool/main/u/update-motd/show-motd_3.10_all.deb
Size: 2094
MD5sum: 987400242bdf716d5500dc580a2cdfca
SHA1: ed090869e1f88759dccc4e78c82cd197d9dbf084
SHA256: 2473c514ce20364b3fad28f0bdbfc30a51b786cc1cac568772b747a68e52887d
SHA512: e9e17d9300848feb9a11ba31b73eef83df21ba5ee0555208b1efacf6f019c21544aa9b261bb0ee82886551f28017e8255896cedbeea43e710c5da6c547e3ef71
Description: show message of the day in interactive shells
Description-md5: b76efe00d024fed631cc576641eabad0
Task: ubuntu-wsl