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

Last updated: May 01,2024

1. Install "rungetty" package

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


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall rungetty on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: rungetty
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 38
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Rhonda D'Vine
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2-16
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/universe/r/rungetty/rungetty_1.2-16_amd64.deb
Size: 12268
MD5sum: 0b11898a8f6575ddb3836b363dd971fd
SHA1: c4ed69468af3ed9f58e38e5ab35966ccbc8155a6
SHA256: 5efad24433de29a22bc661755fcc9e3a6ce924e2808271cb749f3568f44b733e
Description-en: minimal console getty that can run any process
rungetty might be the getty you were looking for. It is able to run any
program, not just login. If a different program than login is used it usually
is run as nobody:nogroup, or the user/group specified on the commandline.
rungetty can even be configured to autologin, under certain circumstances.
See the manual page for more information.
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You have to change some lines in /etc/inittab for having any effect after
installing the package. rungetty is based on mingetty and therefore not
suitable for serial use.
Description-md5: 8ed382c887d7930021aa1be962cc55d7
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu