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

Last updated: November 27,2024

1. Install "rwalld" package

This tutorial shows how to install rwalld on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall rwalld on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: rwalld
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 76
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta
Architecture: amd64
Source: netkit-rwall
Version: 0.17-7
Depends: rpcbind | portmap, openbsd-inetd | inet-superserver, libc6 (>= 2.4)
Filename: pool/universe/n/netkit-rwall/rwalld_0.17-7_amd64.deb
Size: 9434
MD5sum: 5f126ee1a5ca4ffdf48bd583e7e40304
SHA1: 863195c60bede5b3f12e2366c6c222172595d6fb
SHA256: c748a6161a9efcb842c0374644e43f7e5ae377f27b3226db0d7b05e51de0d207
Description-en: Write messages to users currently logged in server
rpc.rwalld is a server which will send a message to users currently logged in
to the system. This server invokes the wall(1) command to actually write the
messages to the system.
Description-md5: 63dfc399f6fd87d26d689a76bdb5040f
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu