How To Install Adduser?

How To Install Adduser?

adduser

User addition utility.

Maintainer: Debian Adduser Developers


Section: admin

Install adduser

  • Debian apt-get install adduser Click to copy
  • Ubuntu apt-get install adduser Click to copy
  • Kali Linux apt-get install adduser Click to copy
  • CentOS yum install adduser Click to copy
  • Fedora dnf install adduser Click to copy
  • Raspbian apt-get install adduser Click to copy

User addition utility.

How to use adduser?

Below are few example commands for adduser that you can use in the terminal.

Create a new user with a default home directory and prompt the user to set a password:
adduser usernameClick to copy
Create a new user without a home directory:
adduser --no-create-home usernameClick to copy
Create a new user with a home directory at the specified path:
adduser --home path/to/home usernameClick to copy
Create a new user with the specified shell set as the login shell:
adduser --shell path/to/shell usernameClick to copy
Create a new user belonging to the specified group:
adduser --ingroup group usernameClick to copy
To install the latest version of adduser in your favorite operating system just copy the adduser installation command from above and paste it into terminal. It will download and install the latest version of adduser 2026 package in your OS.