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

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "ngetty" package

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


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

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


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

Package: ngetty
Priority: optional
Section: universe/comm
Installed-Size: 97
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: NIIBE Yutaka
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.1-3
Depends: lsb-base (>= 3.0-6)
Filename: pool/universe/n/ngetty/ngetty_1.1-3_amd64.deb
Size: 23014
MD5sum: c6607be2404bf6eecbde92f378e6997e
SHA1: 354cfdbee7c907fb0fab216fb9b8ef35abea440d
SHA256: 4e7b60bf3079ad5975fbd5bd890d9d005aa4b3afceaf9b19796fbe698118e7c4
Description-en: getty replacement - one single daemon for all consoles
Ngetty is a daemon that starts login sessions on virtual console
terminals, on demand. It is a good replacement for all those getty
processes started from init that, most of the time, are only taking
up memory. Since it is compiled statically with dietlibc, the ngetty
binary size is only about 2k and uses considerably less memory than a
usual getty implementations.
Description-md5: c73b9c1b215bd1b69736b2c33f81cf08
Homepage: http://riemann.fmi.uni-sofia.bg/ngetty/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu