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

Last updated: December 28,2024

1. Install "symlinks" package

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


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall symlinks on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


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

Package: symlinks
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.4-4
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Gunnar Wolf
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 36
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Filename: pool/universe/s/symlinks/symlinks_1.4-4_amd64.deb
Size: 11100
MD5sum: 6b4ab303e37da17b9b6b4ef804413e3d
SHA1: 332174995d89476b0496d26a28d4f87f40e54637
SHA256: 4fbda8df21e4e4fdfd5fcd90acf991a5088bad7d83a0363285765664d1d98ad6
SHA512: 7f99776e6ec9c87d695281b21a97d6690cd223263ebf4219f461bf37bb9a35a34ec08b98abd856fc92b8839bcb28d241049f116ba5db8e9ac4fafbcd450d3123
Description-en: scan/change symbolic links
Symlinks scans directories for symbolic links and lists
them on stdout. Each link is prefixed with a classification
of relative, absolute, dangling, messy, lengthy or other_fs.
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Symlinks can also convert absolute links (within the same filesystem)
to relative links and can delete messy and dangling links.
Description-md5: 8b394270bf455093283fc1b107b84003