How to Install and Uninstall oddjob-mkhomedir Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "oddjob-mkhomedir" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install oddjob-mkhomedir on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                oddjob-mkhomedir
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "oddjob-mkhomedir" package

Learn how to uninstall oddjob-mkhomedir on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: oddjob-mkhomedir
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 83
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian FreeIPA Team
Architecture: amd64
Source: oddjob
Version: 0.34.3-2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libselinux1 (>= 1.32), oddjob (= 0.34.3-2)
Filename: pool/universe/o/oddjob/oddjob-mkhomedir_0.34.3-2_amd64.deb
Size: 22672
MD5sum: b4feae71969244c3b6a36ea43f4019ad
SHA1: 862358f8d6eadb02c824ac2359879450ccb8e653
SHA256: 5bbb4b80b5c7edf1ff1108c5eb4eec9025d21dd4a59f94e2883de5ffc2aba569
Description-en: Oddjob helper which creates and populates home directories
Oddjob is a D-Bus service which performs particular tasks for clients which
connect to it and issue requests using the system-wide message bus.
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This package contains the oddjob helper which can be used by the
pam_oddjob_mkhomedir module to create a home directory for a user
at login-time.
Description-md5: 13dd268db1568b4edc539be9773386f1
Homepage: https://www.fedorahosted.org/oddjob/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu