How to Install and Uninstall cpio Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 22,2024

1. Install "cpio" package

This tutorial shows how to install cpio on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall cpio on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


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

Package: cpio
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.13+dfsg-4ubuntu4
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: standard
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 324
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Suggests: libarchive1
Conflicts: cpio-mt, mt-st (<< 0.6)
Replaces: cpio-mt
Filename: pool/main/c/cpio/cpio_2.13+dfsg-4ubuntu4_amd64.deb
Size: 83876
MD5sum: a296d56fd3a8f133ecb8dfa927e28d24
SHA1: 47c2bf88dea36f1ed1f7da9bae2925fd9aacead0
SHA256: 842b14b4e0f312913b3638fb6c808b5b57cdeae6d4fd1532af08d3e0ac91668a
SHA512: 2a950cbc5e64e3382cb6864f1568dbf4b3dd60007df98f9156d9a7aeb866eeee4c6509c8a29b75546fc61b591373ff8722ee1b31df4691d6d0f3e7aab6e61835
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/cpio/
Description-en: GNU cpio -- a program to manage archives of files
GNU cpio is a tool for creating and extracting archives, or copying
files from one place to another. It handles a number of cpio formats
as well as reading and writing tar files.
Description-md5: 5f492bf139a41f29fd2d6fcadf43606e
Task: standard, server-minimal