How to Install and Uninstall busybox Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "busybox" package

This tutorial shows how to install busybox on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall busybox on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                busybox
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the busybox package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: busybox
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:1.30.1-6ubuntu2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Install System Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 787
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33)
Conflicts: busybox-static
Breaks: initramfs-tools (<< 0.99)
Replaces: busybox-static
Filename: pool/universe/b/busybox/busybox_1.30.1-6ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 413268
MD5sum: 7bf2d9844e42f9c0d7c91d0ef4fd31b7
SHA1: c825a52f72b216651c4972aebfb2a20a3d1af519
SHA256: 6e0d89c7aab81ec95cc3eb475aeb70ab03491f1341a5ff95e0555622cc9c3c92
SHA512: b5fde69273ceafc836eab9b4396700725529442256c731b9112700d197d5dcaf92c32373c4eccb5cc09708771f2ce04a5f333ad8295e83ba2a28e8bea7bddfda
Homepage: http://www.busybox.net
Description-en: Tiny utilities for small and embedded systems
BusyBox combines tiny versions of many common UNIX utilities into a single
small executable. It provides minimalist replacements for the most common
utilities you would usually find on your desktop system (i.e., ls, cp, mv,
mount, tar, etc.). The utilities in BusyBox generally have fewer options than
their full-featured GNU cousins; however, the options that are included
provide the expected functionality and behave very much like their GNU
counterparts.
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This package installs the BusyBox binary but does not install
symlinks for any of the supported utilities. Some of the utilities
can be used in the system by installing the busybox-syslogd,
busybox-udhcpc or busybox-udhcpd packages.
Description-md5: b7707908219c331294f3f9e8d926a9dc