How to Install and Uninstall dpkg-cross Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 08,2024

1. Install "dpkg-cross" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install dpkg-cross on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                dpkg-cross
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "dpkg-cross" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall dpkg-cross on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


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

Package: dpkg-cross
Architecture: all
Version: 2.6.16
Priority: extra
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Wookey
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 96
Depends: perl:any, dpkg-dev (>= 1.14.7), libconfig-auto-perl, libdebian-dpkgcross-perl (= 2.6.16), cross-config
Recommends: fakeroot
Suggests: binutils-multiarch
Breaks: debhelper (<< 8.1.2~)
Filename: pool/main/d/dpkg-cross/dpkg-cross_2.6.16_all.deb
Size: 22504
MD5sum: fe6e014b4d07dc5cbe14e791dc6fb1dd
SHA1: d9f85097b43b040c61989c901580191ec57c46eb
SHA256: 051b4c65ec592fe1a37b5cf70dc6c87a26ed1ca6a2327a5da5d7d1c3ec5f900f
SHA512: 700439bdae8a623fb3cf9a303f7946d039b9de5c4b879b6ebca3f82c22087121fb88896861055d88d7aee764f9476fe063efe48d0801aac14b8a23db69f8c016
Description-en: tools for cross compiling Debian packages
dpkg-cross is a tool for installing libraries and headers from
packages which have not been converted for Multi-Arch to support
cross compiling.
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This package contains only the deprecated dpkg-cross binary. Future
releases will drop the dpkg-cross and libdebian-dpkgcross-perl
binary packages.
Description-md5: da6a0d24da5ca7878f8305569fda7023