How To Install usermode on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install usermode
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is usermode
usermode is:
The usermode package contains several graphical tools for users: userinfo, usermount and userpasswd. Userinfo allows users to change their finger information. Usermount lets users mount, unmount, and format filesystems. Userpasswd allows users to change their passwords.
Install the usermode package if you would like to provide users with graphical tools for certain account management tasks.
There are three methods to install usermode
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install usermode Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install usermode
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install usermode
Install usermode Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install usermode
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install usermode
Install usermode 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 usermode
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install usermode
How To Uninstall usermode on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the usermode
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove usermode
Uninstall usermode And Its Dependencies
To uninstall usermode
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove usermode
Remove usermode Configurations and Data
To remove usermode
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge usermode
Remove usermode configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove usermode
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge usermode
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install usermode
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.