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

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "equivs" package

Please follow the guidance below to install equivs on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall equivs on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


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

Package: equivs
Architecture: all
Version: 2.3.1
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Perl Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 58
Depends: debhelper, dpkg-dev, make, perl
Filename: pool/main/e/equivs/equivs_2.3.1_all.deb
Size: 19004
MD5sum: db7224df99e3c071804dccc382fa3779
SHA1: a0e37c9f09524b03368100978d508e84f7d2f479
SHA256: c79245d0b9247f682b14a5b1342a236d748fe6aa6c536878091fe099071e992c
SHA512: 574076ff3291a6ecfadfc744e1f99f19c456141eaaf02999811ebcfb79f0d4d3b8e3a2180f699a1fd91e690f4aa57abb2d81d22c90346d74cfb630f911614cd1
Description-en: Circumvent Debian package dependencies
This package provides a tool to create trivial Debian packages.
Typically these packages contain only dependency information, but they
can also include normal installed files like other packages do.
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One use for this is to create a metapackage: a package whose sole
purpose is to declare dependencies and conflicts on other packages so
that these will be automatically installed, upgraded, or removed.
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Another use is to circumvent dependency checking: by letting dpkg
think a particular package name and version is installed when it
isn't, you can work around bugs in other packages' dependencies.
(Please do still file such bugs, though.)
Description-md5: eecadd6e89bb6f575d54f8f256a154aa