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

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "efingerd" package

This tutorial shows how to install efingerd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


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

Package: efingerd
Priority: extra
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 127
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Radovan Garabík
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.6.5
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libident (>= 0.22-3), debconf | debconf-2.0, netbase, adduser, update-inetd
Suggests: finger
Conflicts: cfingerd, ffingerd, fingerd, xfingerd
Filename: pool/universe/e/efingerd/efingerd_1.6.5_amd64.deb
Size: 32002
MD5sum: 421784b924315246c134fb54a5a71ab6
SHA1: 601fe36e53ec6fda1149d93c233b3db086a7d7e8
SHA256: e388ccbe630c8f04b67c1120787924b233dd9a3248fa2191ca4456d30c1dd1e7
Description-en: Another finger daemon for unix capable of fine-tuning your output.
efingerd is a finger daemon, which executes programs and displays their
output. This gives you complete control over what to display and to who,
and an extreme configurability.
Description-md5: 36a5d023b91be88b5c23236905526fa3
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu