How to Install and Uninstall base-files Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "base-files" package

This is a short guide on how to install base-files on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                base-files
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "base-files" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall base-files on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                base-files
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the base-files package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: base-files
Architecture: amd64
Version: 13ubuntu7
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: required
Essential: yes
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Santiago Vila
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 426
Provides: base, usr-is-merged
Pre-Depends: awk
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libcrypt1 (>= 1:4.4.10-10ubuntu3)
Breaks: debian-security-support (<< 2019.04.25), initscripts (<< 2.88dsf-13.3), sendfile (<< 2.1b.20080616-5.2~), ubuntu-server (<< 1.453)
Replaces: base, dpkg (<= 1.15.0), miscutils
Filename: pool/main/b/base-files/base-files_13ubuntu7_amd64.deb
Size: 74224
MD5sum: c780bff711ec0cad08692d0c7e377e98
SHA1: 02d5f1337dbd2cc6cc3e57b472e5b8e78c4d8999
SHA256: d2fe9680dea0b8f6d6d675eceaf2bf00da8d1b3da1604f0e3b47ee26866feadd
SHA512: fe165160a28dde67b2fc09a97826238cc58c35cd72d3988b208245e2c8321aeb702863238e9b13e9dadf99f9c36999b6e231eebcd5cefba9786b2e894356ad6c
Description: Debian base system miscellaneous files
Description-md5: 6d16337f57b84c4747f56438355b2395
Task: minimal