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

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "faketime" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install faketime on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Learn how to uninstall faketime on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


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

Package: faketime
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.9.7-3.1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Daniel Kahn Gillmor
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 36
Depends: libfaketime (= 0.9.7-3.1), libc6 (>= 2.4)
Filename: pool/universe/f/faketime/faketime_0.9.7-3.1_amd64.deb
Size: 9928
MD5sum: 57236e603f4228816aee9db9f8c2207b
SHA1: abcb9cb37e7bcc76bc5a036f44357a83f3a942f6
SHA256: 83dc808d8e36c7db389a14baaf4525be4279e28a62adb9b70e0352cd11779fbb
SHA512: 8cfd5e0411f6d716f7745c5a3b0de15109e3c048006690c527df2770a40d120b076b6fa286e8eae48576b23db0dae7f495d82d7ef70e82c89d10509ddc9506a6
Homepage: https://github.com/wolfcw/libfaketime
Description-en: Report faked system time to programs (command-line tool)
The Fake Time Preload Library (FTPL, a.k.a. libfaketime) intercepts
various system calls which programs use to retrieve the current date
and time. It can then report faked dates and times (as specified by
you, the user) to these programs. This means you can modify the
system time a program sees without having to change the time
system-wide. FTPL allows you to specify both absolute dates (e.g.,
2004-01-01) and relative dates (e.g., 10 days ago).
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This package contains a "faketime" binary that makes it easy to use
the LD_PRELOAD library.
Description-md5: 583f56c26c345706c1147c5561a549d0