How To Install sysuser-helper on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sysuser-helper
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is sysuser-helper
sysuser-helper is:
sysuser-helper provides code, which actually perform actions on system users on behalf of dh-sysuser package. This separation allows packages take advantage of improvement or fixes in ‘dh-sysuser’ without rebuilding.
This package is implementation detail of ‘dh-sysuser’. It should never be installed manually. No assumption about its content can be made.
There are three methods to install sysuser-helper
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install sysuser-helper Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sysuser-helper
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sysuser-helper
Install sysuser-helper Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sysuser-helper
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sysuser-helper
Install sysuser-helper Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install sysuser-helper
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sysuser-helper
How To Uninstall sysuser-helper on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the sysuser-helper
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sysuser-helper
Uninstall sysuser-helper And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sysuser-helper
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sysuser-helper
Remove sysuser-helper Configurations and Data
To remove sysuser-helper
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sysuser-helper
Remove sysuser-helper configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sysuser-helper
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sysuser-helper
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sysuser-helper
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.