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

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "passwd" package

This is a short guide on how to install passwd on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall passwd on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                passwd
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the passwd package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: passwd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:4.13+dfsg1-1ubuntu1.1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: required
Section: admin
Source: shadow
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Shadow package maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2407
Depends: libaudit1 (>= 1:2.2.1), libc6 (>= 2.38), libcrypt1 (>= 1:4.1.0), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~), libsemanage2 (>= 2.0.32), libpam-modules
Recommends: sensible-utils
Filename: pool/main/s/shadow/passwd_4.13+dfsg1-1ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb
Size: 844548
MD5sum: b0befab8fd58cc1e762b74028a350041
SHA1: a39fddb72ee380b01ceed99d666eb5216a181adf
SHA256: e5d047546ab469c4632e1262b0b4b0da2483e2e15248e1dc71238ed84e5ee809
SHA512: dab56387845c3cc99f162f4b9fc0f5dd17fdd0b7eb351c3ffd6f41c68a3cd4eecada0d8858cd019e8cc7cea6074b2ff0155b6577c3351a21f3076483fff1975b
Homepage: https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow
Description: change and administer password and group data
Description-md5: 5bbd70e421ed3367a8299e53bd7afed4
Task: minimal, server-minimal, cloud-minimal

Package: passwd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:4.13+dfsg1-1ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: required
Section: admin
Source: shadow
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Shadow package maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2407
Depends: libaudit1 (>= 1:2.2.1), libc6 (>= 2.36), libcrypt1 (>= 1:4.1.0), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~), libsemanage2 (>= 2.0.32), libpam-modules
Recommends: sensible-utils
Filename: pool/main/s/shadow/passwd_4.13+dfsg1-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 841764
MD5sum: ea78cb3f9048343d08abf9b79c23cf24
SHA1: 475631e917a43663bc111121e9008248e08bde36
SHA256: b936eeb006cb8380e121c8b3a77179304ff86b7b0f684021424d629192755a92
SHA512: 746f611ab0d8f4140c33a0c86a1d9517b0fc656261598328569c0fc2529797c960c67519a835f6cc90c587cfbafb05d560a4e84ce568f0ba4b937b58ae6dfef8
Homepage: https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow
Description: change and administer password and group data
Description-md5: 5bbd70e421ed3367a8299e53bd7afed4
Task: minimal, server-minimal, cloud-minimal