How to Install and Uninstall cpio Package on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "cpio" package

This tutorial shows how to install cpio on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall cpio on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                cpio
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the cpio package on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)

Package: cpio
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.13+dfsg-7
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: standard
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 324
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Suggests: libarchive1
Conflicts: cpio-mt, mt-st (<< 0.6)
Replaces: cpio-mt
Filename: pool/main/c/cpio/cpio_2.13+dfsg-7_amd64.deb
Size: 83236
MD5sum: 3da5a3b08a83d205263a3fb0e6b814a0
SHA1: 580f8b36ba71aca26512378f7133f16f7df48452
SHA256: 01f9b856ccb74fb1c4230110e9fcea221eab9cd74dd1c2fd5470bb16f1528473
SHA512: b08cfa9d0dd295b421ffa7644f145bde99414b8e69a7e178425556ed37111fa0addd1f20326323f9f6cacc0c65d10a36899df832f9a488dfd092be40fd198429
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/cpio/
Description: GNU cpio -- a program to manage archives of files
Description-md5: 5f492bf139a41f29fd2d6fcadf43606e
Task: standard, server-minimal