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

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "finger" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install finger on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall finger on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: finger
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 67
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar
Architecture: amd64
Source: bsd-finger
Version: 0.17-15
Replaces: netstd
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.8)
Filename: pool/universe/b/bsd-finger/finger_0.17-15_amd64.deb
Size: 17254
MD5sum: a545906c0ebc6ffbcfff69574953bd21
SHA1: 994d6c18361e0ea7a378d89e75a050f61073c0b8
SHA256: b355be700bb33d26a38a6232ed40e68032a619b8d4a72831bc8a7030a5a3ab58
Description-en: user information lookup program
finger displays information about the system users.
Description-md5: fa4c81e598394f7d5057f3373fde86f6
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu