How to Install and Uninstall fakeroot Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 05,2024

1. Install "fakeroot" package

This guide let you learn how to install fakeroot on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall fakeroot on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


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

Package: fakeroot
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.25.2-1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Clint Adams
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 228
Depends: libfakeroot (>= 1.25.2-1), libc6 (>= 2.15)
Filename: pool/main/f/fakeroot/fakeroot_1.25.2-1_amd64.deb
Size: 62832
MD5sum: 12ee7b66e81c964f2c6a865ce54d4608
SHA1: e7d8a12b2902329684689f418cc3d054551323e9
SHA256: 59b9fa7733815f9bfc0a562ebab43981e582ff76da642ef17e478541422bd427
SHA512: 44fd385a1c3ae2c5f0cb93406ab00b5018e6ee0aafcb9fcbb759c81f08ab13c09de2cef6d051134c52b086c922fc8f4fdec557f6ff86f8ff9465068bd59a2369
Description-en: tool for simulating superuser privileges
fakeroot provides a fake "root environment" by means of LD_PRELOAD and
SysV IPC (or TCP) trickery. It puts wrappers around getuid(), chown(),
stat(), and other file-manipulation functions, so that unprivileged
users can (for instance) populate .deb archives with root-owned files;
various build tools use fakeroot for this by default.
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This package contains fakeroot command and the daemon that remembers
fake ownership/permissions of files manipulated by fakeroot
processes.
Description-md5: db2730aa4872dbe27ff20c4aad3c5429
Task: ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop