How to Install and Uninstall install-mimic Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 01,2024

1. Install "install-mimic" package

This is a short guide on how to install install-mimic on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                install-mimic
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "install-mimic" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall install-mimic on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


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

Package: install-mimic
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.4.0-5
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Peter Pentchev
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 31
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.10)
Filename: pool/universe/i/install-mimic/install-mimic_0.4.0-5_amd64.deb
Size: 9528
MD5sum: 7a70c92697c99a679e51dddb91fb7676
SHA1: 771ae823f409e1b82f7cacda44619244f4f17dfc
SHA256: 88cfe3e25428a32505fdae250d8cfec0e713c745ac96133f457fd931731680ff
SHA512: ac9848b8b02549cb3f768d0141d4b127dbfacdc4ea8126bfe831cbfdac38bc9a719205c99a72cc1381a301b5ff1612d761b17400ef59c61e30054cd1081eb6b7
Homepage: https://devel.ringlet.net/misc/install-mimic/
Description-en: overwrite files and preserve their ownership
The install-mimic utility copies the specified files to the specified
destination (file or directory) similarly to install(1), but it preserves
the ownership and access mode of the destination files. This is useful when
updating files that have already been installed with locally modified copies
that may be owned by the current user and not by the desired owner of the
destination file (e.g. root).
Description-md5: 4b0ae88a06724f7d80b66918e84d6acd