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

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "whiff" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install whiff on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall whiff on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


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

Package: whiff
Architecture: all
Version: 0.005-1.1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/perl
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Perl Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 24
Depends: perl:any, libfile-which-perl
Filename: pool/universe/w/whiff/whiff_0.005-1.1_all.deb
Size: 7596
MD5sum: 2bf100d0e2706a10e47992afbd33d6c3
SHA1: e02fee39e69ff658acc6c6efc490886abe6e29cf
SHA256: 747da5cf70739599e780fd9c80a9e079729a2e3e1817b962aa63b714fd68a756
SHA512: 86793370040e8df9a74a3fe92fea29020a5a11dd4246a24f02f39a35e034542b2d913be76db3f561926730eeb79d5ace9a08090ef886aedec12e98437191cada
Homepage: https://metacpan.org/release/App-Whiff
Description-en: helper to find the first executable of a series of alternatives
whiff command, which takes a number of command names and returns the first one
that exists and is executable.
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It assumes that all the arguments form a best-first list of
alternatives, and only prints the path to the first alternative found in
the path. If none is found, it prints an error (to stderr) and exits
with an error code.
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A programmer interface is available in the App::Whiff module.
Description-md5: 9335b789ae553f2ec7ed9d7f7760c291