How to Install and Uninstall libnss-rainbow2 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "libnss-rainbow2" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install libnss-rainbow2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libnss-rainbow2
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libnss-rainbow2" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libnss-rainbow2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libnss-rainbow2 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libnss-rainbow2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libs
Installed-Size: 62
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Luke Faraone
Architecture: amd64
Source: rainbow
Version: 0.8.7-2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/universe/r/rainbow/libnss-rainbow2_0.8.7-2_amd64.deb
Size: 8642
MD5sum: 58a570ea0d3e120028cbc4144f45c5a0
SHA1: db77d78ef987dc99021988a35ff49ee527d4e296
SHA256: b7d0608c1bf6f29542bcae8668310a549566000703da5e39d7b953adaa80c6a3
Description-en: nss library for rainbow
Rainbow is a isolation shell which implements portions of the Bitfrost
security architecture, as used on the OLPC XO-1 and elsewhere.
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This package contains an "Name Service Switch" plugin for glibc which
permits Rainbow to easily create and remove users and groups without
modifying /etc/passwd and /etc/group.
Description-md5: ed6e3b32f12db00a83051b6b538b4161
Homepage: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Rainbow
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu