How to Install and Uninstall dpkg-cross Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 08,2024

1. Install "dpkg-cross" package

Please follow the instructions below to install dpkg-cross on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                dpkg-cross
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "dpkg-cross" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall dpkg-cross on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                dpkg-cross
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dpkg-cross package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: dpkg-cross
Architecture: all
Version: 2.6.15-3ubuntu1
Priority: extra
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Wookey
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 104
Depends: perl:any, dpkg-dev (>= 1.14.7), libconfig-auto-perl, libdebian-dpkgcross-perl (= 2.6.15-3ubuntu1), cross-config
Recommends: fakeroot
Suggests: binutils-multiarch
Breaks: debhelper (<< 8.1.2~)
Filename: pool/main/d/dpkg-cross/dpkg-cross_2.6.15-3ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 22216
MD5sum: 40a34af2e3ff2ae30a20df3aa9097c39
SHA1: da4ce2d87e7199958e74298c14995d67f44b149f
SHA256: d81effe2e4ae1a531cfd6c9abd82a80aae476e76822b7609deef934429b0b7fe
SHA512: bf882ca889e99ceaca00c9eb0bb17edab276f35779959a5ebec483acef8599c412dfa1626f05723dc96b1d1fd4156e9fd120b8e4c231cac883f440c0fe4c7600
Homepage: http://dpkg-cross.alioth.debian.org/
Description-en: tools for cross compiling Debian packages
dpkg-cross is a tool for installing libraries and headers from
packages which have not been converted for Multi-Arch to support
cross compiling.
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This package contains only the deprecated dpkg-cross binary. Future
releases will drop the dpkg-cross and libdebian-dpkgcross-perl
binary packages.
Description-md5: da6a0d24da5ca7878f8305569fda7023