How to Install and Uninstall base-files Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "base-files" package

Please follow the instructions below to install base-files on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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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

Learn how to uninstall base-files on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: base-files
Architecture: amd64
Version: 11ubuntu14
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: 392
Provides: base
Pre-Depends: awk
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.4), 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_11ubuntu14_amd64.deb
Size: 60492
MD5sum: c72029930ddc8f5d333114c609854f61
SHA1: a29accfcf1794a4fb7adda8b34a82ebdfd8ff0d2
SHA256: f8ebf93063f6378901018f307fe16c96732ef6b2ed8737660b4e8a4e6057baae
SHA512: 3b30d531b05ccce3996c8d4d9d5d8859dad20373ba978a3e4f71f1b97d6055480c0517a1b8ce50dc157fc9f074a6ac80b156842371b3ac28ca2aaef97648c8fb
Description-en: Debian base system miscellaneous files
This package contains the basic filesystem hierarchy of a Debian system, and
several important miscellaneous files, such as /etc/debian_version,
/etc/host.conf, /etc/issue, /etc/motd, /etc/profile, and others,
and the text of several common licenses in use on Debian systems.
Description-md5: 6d16337f57b84c4747f56438355b2395
Task: minimal