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

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "mingetty" package

Learn how to install mingetty on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall mingetty on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: mingetty
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 56
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Paul Martin
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.08-2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Filename: pool/universe/m/mingetty/mingetty_1.08-2_amd64.deb
Size: 11290
MD5sum: 7b066ed5603b8a74b30c5e91386ca226
SHA1: 5a185283d54256204ea51dbabb5f1fc038ec7f77
SHA256: ebdaa546f58c8f30510cbbdc8ca3bfe58846a57f2201623c2887e1824c11db2a
Description-en: Console-only getty
Mingetty is a small, efficient, console-only getty for Linux.
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"getty opens a tty port, prompts for a login name and invokes the
/bin/login command. It is normally invoked by init(8)."
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mingetty is a minimal getty for use on virtual consoles. Unlike
the getty in the util-linux or mgetty packages, mingetty is not
suitable for serial lines, which is why it's smaller.
Description-md5: 0ab16e61804b3e3dd3d05fa683c9ef0b
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu