How to Install and Uninstall away Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "away" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install away on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall away on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                away
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the away package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: away
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 86
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Rene Engelhard
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.9.5+ds-0+nmu2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libpam-modules
Filename: pool/universe/a/away/away_0.9.5+ds-0+nmu2_amd64.deb
Size: 18816
MD5sum: fedcb71e20974b9ae8e6bced08bb0a75
SHA1: 706a983ff5bdbd72f843cb97f76aabba04efdfe0
SHA256: fb9a12081c9ba4ca36c43216024ddebc02a28b8c684cc5da0c2c9fc3987d8d11
Description-en: Terminal locking program
Away is a simple program that locks your terminal, checks for new
mail in any given number of mailboxes, and lets others know why you
are inactive.
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Away puts the message specified why your are away into the output of
the 'w' command, so that users looking for you can see that and why you
are away (and not only idle for some time)
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Away will also notify you if you have new mail. By default Away only
checks for mail in a user's $MAIL file, but by using the awayrc file,
a user can configure any given number of mailboxes to be checked.
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Away also uses PAM to lock your terminal in the way xlock locks an X11
session.
Description-md5: 70a325e436fbdf1c902fbc67b949d259
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu