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

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "libuser" package

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

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install libuser

2. Uninstall "libuser" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libuser on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove libuser $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the libuser package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libuser
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 2388
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Ghe Rivero
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:0.60~dfsg-1.2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libpopt0 (>= 1.14), libuser1
Filename: pool/universe/libu/libuser/libuser_0.60~dfsg-1.2_amd64.deb
Size: 238150
MD5sum: 062dcd0b27dccaaae0694c08e3f23e12
SHA1: 9e1a1290fb68e097fa40879ba897973f1690e008
SHA256: ffbcc9e31e285e03823cb783c1e242f55f4522045f0a969957a80bbc25f5a42b
Description-en: user and group account administration library - utilities
The libuser library implements a standardized interface for manipulating
and administering user and group accounts. The library uses pluggable
back-ends to interface to its data sources.
.
Sample applications modeled after those included with the shadow password
suite are included: lchsh, lchfn, lid, lnewusers, lgroupadd, luseradd,
lgroupdel, luserdel, lusermod, lgroupmod, lchage and lpasswd.
Description-md5: 6f131ac55b2e56087bf8f36a7e8e16ab
Homepage: https://fedorahosted.org/libuser/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu