How to Install and Uninstall cpio Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: January 22,2025

1. Install "cpio" package

Learn how to install cpio on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall cpio on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: cpio
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.15+dfsg-1ubuntu1
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: 328
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.38)
Suggests: libarchive-dev
Conflicts: cpio-mt, mt-st (<< 0.6)
Replaces: cpio-mt
Filename: pool/main/c/cpio/cpio_2.15+dfsg-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 82740
MD5sum: c0f37ba956ee830288987be14c4a1b42
SHA1: 12642d9566d43dcc1b3c56ffcdadc2a4e01a766a
SHA256: a2e0ff96a6d4d3a4347253075fe4afd9231bce0ec1e61248e0774da2db739fc5
SHA512: ec7d3853c0f7c8b177b3bd6e303e8c7432b26a21eb784b3857702f3668f743d93406ccae8cb00427189922be7230c06e5b082ecccfb48afab94940bdfa000a48
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/cpio/
Description: GNU cpio -- a program to manage archives of files
Description-md5: 5f492bf139a41f29fd2d6fcadf43606e
Task: cloud-minimal, standard, server-minimal