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

Last updated: May 05,2024

1. Install "newpid" package

Please follow the steps below to install newpid on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall newpid on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: newpid
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 29
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Christoph Berg
Architecture: amd64
Version: 7
Depends: libcap2-bin, libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/universe/n/newpid/newpid_7_amd64.deb
Size: 10232
MD5sum: 33dd0b8d8b00c41a9539fa9a3df61951
SHA1: 7d86142c0b51c3f2ccee395f6b61a66c53a8f902
SHA256: bc494d74fd167baaeac92e40e1967b3f8a50dc7687b8af00b30ca13379256b83
Description-en: run a command in a new PID namespace
newpid is a simple suid wrapper around clone(CLONE_NEWPID) that launches a
command in a new PID namespace. Optionally it can also use CLONE_NEWNET to
request a new network namespace.
Description-md5: 385ff700e1d3e50af1bba6ed6f44ec74
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu