How to Install and Uninstall base-files Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "base-files" package

Please follow the instructions below to install base-files on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                base-files
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "base-files" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall base-files on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                base-files
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the base-files package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: base-files
Architecture: amd64
Version: 11.1ubuntu5
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: required
Essential: yes
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Santiago Vila
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 394
Provides: base
Pre-Depends: awk
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libcrypt1 (>= 1:4.4.10-10ubuntu3)
Breaks: debian-security-support (<< 2019.04.25), initscripts (<< 2.88dsf-13.3), sendfile (<< 2.1b.20080616-5.2~), ubuntu-server (<< 1.453)
Replaces: base, dpkg (<= 1.15.0), miscutils
Filename: pool/main/b/base-files/base-files_11.1ubuntu5_amd64.deb
Size: 63062
MD5sum: 5e7e7bc3e4b0bdc95d1ec06d0d652a3b
SHA1: b672d4893c20f891b356179e0dcf0c617dd71378
SHA256: af9c4819630ea8c8cd01b64e760cfcaa02e75d83e9a872e7855b6d3b899b8dad
SHA512: 3806f03cb60ba2e782ca3f63a6a7cddea26f6207b405a68ebbdeb20ba38c88f67cdd4f61d38b9ce1140910d0a7a71850f770b33e5f775916f2aacacdfb7786a3
Description-en: Debian base system miscellaneous files
This package contains the basic filesystem hierarchy of a Debian system, and
several important miscellaneous files, such as /etc/debian_version,
/etc/host.conf, /etc/issue, /etc/motd, /etc/profile, and others,
and the text of several common licenses in use on Debian systems.
Description-md5: 6d16337f57b84c4747f56438355b2395
Task: minimal