How to Install and Uninstall base-passwd Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "base-passwd" package

Please follow the guidance below to install base-passwd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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

Learn how to uninstall base-passwd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: base-passwd
Essential: yes
Priority: required
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 219
Maintainer: Colin Watson
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.5.39
Replaces: base
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.8), libdebconfclient0 (>= 0.145)
Recommends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Filename: pool/main/b/base-passwd/base-passwd_3.5.39_amd64.deb
Size: 51888
MD5sum: ae5a08c3fc5e711bab0b6689cdb02cc2
SHA1: 162bc2b7bd85f287d2bbaa9cdab8cbdc5cfe6c12
SHA256: fcc13a5bc7476a3a458b9ff989838e04cd4405259d313669707b245322b45788
Description-en: Debian base system master password and group files
These are the canonical master copies of the user database files
(/etc/passwd and /etc/group), containing the Debian-allocated user and
group IDs. The update-passwd tool is provided to keep the system databases
synchronized with these master files.
Description-md5: aad0cc52ee72b2469af5552851e49f03
Multi-Arch: foreign
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: minimal