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

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "uucp" package

Learn how to install uucp on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

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


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

Package: uucp
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.07-27build1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/comm
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Thorsten Alteholz
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1843
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.27), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), cron | cron-daemon, bsd-mailx | mailx, libpam-runtime (>= 0.76-13.1), netbase
Recommends: postfix | exim4 | smail | courier-mta | zmailer | rmail, logrotate, openbsd-inetd | inet-superserver, cu (= 1.07-27build1)
Filename: pool/universe/u/uucp/uucp_1.07-27build1_amd64.deb
Size: 603004
MD5sum: b73e58b18359f4586bc3e668b626f6ba
SHA1: 293adbc9dfe1147a6f7e84998396586671ea905a
SHA256: 56d146b7eb5980eabc40ab0bc8780c94720279ef3d5ceb73ae6a3f0f22e0925d
SHA512: f2c33cbf237fc415053cd173327425dfd3a61816e6f368307322762729e8439fa652d3f17eac1d028ba344c5c0975e96efd8b21c1b3946cec4bc94702a5016b6
Homepage: http://airs.com/ian/uucp.html
Description-en: Unix to Unix Copy Program
UUCP will copy files to or from another (usually *nix) system, which
also runs uucp.
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UUCP is used to transfer mail, news and random files between systems
which are not connected by more modern networks. The communication can
be made via modems, direct (hard-wired) serial connections or via an IP
connection.
Description-md5: e32a21cc3608590f8b15aa418cc347f7