How to Install and Uninstall base-passwd Package on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "base-passwd" package

Please follow the instructions below to install base-passwd on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                base-passwd
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "base-passwd" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall base-passwd on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                base-passwd
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the base-passwd package on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)

Package: base-passwd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.6.0
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: required
Essential: yes
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Colin Watson
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 243
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libdebconfclient0 (>= 0.145), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~)
Recommends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Replaces: base
Filename: pool/main/b/base-passwd/base-passwd_3.6.0_amd64.deb
Size: 49772
MD5sum: 0a1d640e17085e52c03ea4db3f11e8b7
SHA1: ae92acbc7cd0802073fa0bdecae919d2c9e3dbbd
SHA256: da0e95f6f6e34be969210152de8b2d8f7c5a6991096a6ff6e4f48db4ce4c66d1
SHA512: 68c5902d20368da463dd0e1854b52c79f235a7a395e6f2ce9c28657c1e765fef015badc93962f39fcb1ba7fd0b40f7203386f05414a2b9fb479880c9f56ce2ee
Description: Debian base system master password and group files
Description-md5: aad0cc52ee72b2469af5552851e49f03
Task: minimal