How To Install Rungetty On Debian, Ubuntu, Kali And Raspbian?

How To Install Rungetty On Debian, Ubuntu, Kali And Raspbian?

rungetty

minimal console getty that can run any process

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Install rungetty

  • Debian apt-get install rungetty Click to copy
  • Ubuntu apt-get install rungetty Click to copy
  • Kali Linux apt-get install rungetty Click to copy
  • Raspbian apt-get install rungetty Click to copy

rungetty

minimal console getty that can run any process

rungetty might be the getty you were looking for. It is able to run any program, not just login. If a different program than login is used it usually is run as nobody:nogroup, or the user/group specified on the commandline. rungetty can even be configured to autologin, under certain circumstances. See the manual page for more information. You have to change some lines in /etc/inittab for having any effect after installing the package. rungetty is based on mingetty and therefore not suitable for serial use.

Installing rungetty command is simple. just copy one of the above commands for your operating system and paste it into terminal. This command is available for Debian, Ubuntu, Kali and Raspbian operating systems. Once you run the command it will install the latest version of rungetty 2026 package in your OS.