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

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "rhnsd" package

This is a short guide on how to install rhnsd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


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

Package: rhnsd
Priority: extra
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 818
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.0.4-3
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), rhn-client-tools
Filename: pool/universe/r/rhnsd/rhnsd_5.0.4-3_amd64.deb
Size: 23304
MD5sum: 77074ffa29004be946f083e022562e32
SHA1: 906615292c98dae7eb2ffa1153f48375439a0078
SHA256: fc7f95a198a11084f23d46052086321520b6aa5073e85196497c4eb1f38998f7
Description-en: Red Hat Update Agent
periodically runs rhn_check which will check for and execute queued
actions on Red Hat Network or Spacewalk servers.
Description-md5: 015971a78ea79b5ffec2e28c249e8f90
Homepage: https://fedorahosted.org/spacewalk
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu