How to Install and Uninstall dctrl-tools Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: March 29,2024

1. Install "dctrl-tools" package

Learn how to install dctrl-tools on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install dctrl-tools

2. Uninstall "dctrl-tools" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall dctrl-tools on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):

$ sudo apt remove dctrl-tools $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the dctrl-tools package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: dctrl-tools
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.24-3
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Rhonda D'Vine
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 296
Provides: grep-dctrl
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Suggests: apt, debtags
Conflicts: grep-dctrl
Replaces: grep-dctrl
Filename: pool/main/d/dctrl-tools/dctrl-tools_2.24-3_amd64.deb
Size: 61476
MD5sum: 41bf7f83114e09e7c181966e913a4f75
SHA1: ca87f145e78f339cf924ebeb8007848287121a07
SHA256: b2b2341945d582e9ba2f0cf5f5049f6ffef99b927eef4508b5144e9775c8ff56
SHA512: eb07a017574d16f61493f27c9413195bbc1809894766bd36656c0c84b6088eb4b58e6d0a1f210abfe8c2e9956da9f6682b4b6dfc371ebc053de48ec61a22d996
Homepage: https://github.com/ajkaijanaho/dctrl-tools
Description-en: Command-line tools to process Debian package information
Debian package information is generally stored in files having a
special file format, dubbed the Debian control file format (the dctrl
format), a special case of the record jar file format. These tools
operate on any files conforming in a general sense to that format and
are therefore widely applicable whenever those formats are in play.
.
Included are:
.
grep-dctrl - Grep dctrl-format files
grep-available - Grep the DPKG available database
grep-status - Grep the DPKG status database
grep-aptavail - Grep the APT available database
grep-debtags - Grep the Debtags package database
.
sort-dctrl - Sort dctrl-format files
.
tbl-dctrl - Tabulate dctrl-format files
.
sync-available - Sync the dpkg available database with
the apt database
Description-md5: 2be4fae2cb5697a030eba7e7ef050401
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