How to Install and Uninstall equivs Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "equivs" package

This is a short guide on how to install equivs on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall equivs on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                equivs
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the equivs package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: equivs
Architecture: all
Version: 2.1.0
Priority: extra
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Perl Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 57
Depends: debhelper, dpkg-dev, fakeroot, make, perl
Filename: pool/universe/e/equivs/equivs_2.1.0_all.deb
Size: 19374
MD5sum: ae18c490101a890d3d17cd038e4453a6
SHA1: fe3c4d63f610e1f9528d3c2bbc0e3571c03e24c6
SHA256: c709bac6e04d35986f67891801c44788ef59cb67fc5c35bddeb0ddff08219830
Description: Circumvent Debian package dependencies
Description-md5: eecadd6e89bb6f575d54f8f256a154aa