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

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "prelink" package

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


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall prelink on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


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

Package: prelink
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.0.20131005-1.1
Built-Using: elfutils (= 0.176-1.1build1), glibc (= 2.31-0ubuntu9), libselinux (= 3.0-1build2)
Multi-Arch: allowed
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Geoffrey Thomas
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1997
Depends: execstack
Filename: pool/universe/p/prelink/prelink_0.0.20131005-1.1_amd64.deb
Size: 997384
MD5sum: da2b741284dc258ed9eea8a26a6d4243
SHA1: 403863a587f0fa542c965ff759db6922573ddc7f
SHA256: d961d24d08a1102b9c5c6618d35a646ec399cb084dc26e937ffe7ccf094244ba
SHA512: 070bdbd9ea5a39c5b4cd90f51437cb6a0450d1b60af2ac2eab8427c6184e07e5cee5c54466541f25a1daa54fe168c0a8f06e7373d65a5e21582384a584027c4c
Description-en: ELF prelinking utility to speed up dynamic linking
The prelink package contains a utility which modifies ELF shared libraries
and executables, so that far fewer relocations need to be resolved at
runtime and thus programs come up faster.
Description-md5: 1ade5174725a7157c61484d6294558c9