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

Last updated: November 07,2024

1. Install "dpkg-repack" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install dpkg-repack on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall dpkg-repack on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


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

Package: dpkg-repack
Architecture: all
Version: 1.47
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Dpkg Developers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 39
Depends: perl:any, libdpkg-perl
Suggests: fakeroot
Filename: pool/main/d/dpkg-repack/dpkg-repack_1.47_all.deb
Size: 13436
MD5sum: 2b94719a1267aed046e8a6c25eac9aed
SHA1: 5c257a54324af5766f8e12746f6103de99d7d5f9
SHA256: 02ec77f372299a07b9d67e665c13fb9bd33e2d1398c5270e8fe4ffb56f9b1c83
SHA512: 16ef42372b8eb9f13fb3789f7138973874c30436acc2df87ed396e48658f3bb3b54c625e4727dcc78b3077866ab903b1a8d339c364e81d49fbb8185f5dc1c605
Homepage: https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Dpkg
Description-en: Debian package archiving tool
dpkg-repack creates a .deb file out of a package that has already been
installed. If any changes have been made to the package while it was
unpacked (i.e. files in /etc were modified), the new package will inherit
the changes.
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This utility can make it easy to copy packages from one computer to another,
or to recreate packages that are installed on your system, but no longer
available elsewhere, or to store the current state of a package before you
upgrade it.
Description-md5: 9ad024e47d8adae3ff4150677e33d20e
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