How to Install and Uninstall adduser Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "adduser" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install adduser on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall adduser on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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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 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: adduser
Architecture: all
Version: 3.137ubuntu1
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: 452
Depends: passwd
Suggests: liblocale-gettext-perl, perl, cron, quota, ecryptfs-utils (>= 67-1)
Filename: pool/main/a/adduser/adduser_3.137ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 100872
MD5sum: a6fed0e710827b45fba6d9e3966ba840
SHA1: 6bc2c7b3c75baa5a9d29a1d5d41bbe95096c5f04
SHA256: 542aff2395eb912a56833e11a78076342779689d8fede7adcf08d1d6b0d0cd8b
SHA512: 7ca0f740f178f19d3d5c3e0280f358814d99662eff78813b6e845d596f85110084fa07ae383a3630730220f92c010c8ef33f61777fecd365e8adbbe8c97fb1e3
Description: add and remove users and groups
Description-md5: a5681e7bad8d90695043c6eab9784701
Task: minimal, server-minimal, cloud-minimal