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

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "switchsh" package

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


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall switchsh on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: switchsh
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 49
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Raphael Geissert
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0~20070801-3.1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Filename: pool/universe/s/switchsh/switchsh_0~20070801-3.1_amd64.deb
Size: 6238
MD5sum: 100a46d37bace82b28381cc32e672bbb
SHA1: b20301a89985570d204861a646a9da5c7a5f46e3
SHA256: 5f151d043db93f11cf1766355d1f1f935da79e41cae15ea21cb5cd6d3b1c6f34
Description-en: bind-mount bash as /bin/sh
Small program to bind-mount bash as /bin/sh for its child processes.
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It can be used when bash is not the default shell interpreter but a given
program makes use of bashisms (features not required by Policy for sh) and one
wants to run it without changing (or can not change) the default sh.
Description-md5: 22d82d574bfa6e134d822f2554df6be1
Homepage: http://www.linux.it/~md/software/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu