How to Install and Uninstall abook Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "abook" package

Please follow the steps below to install abook on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall abook on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                abook
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the abook package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: abook
Priority: optional
Section: universe/mail
Installed-Size: 264
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Rhonda D'Vine
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.6.1-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libncursesw5 (>= 6), libreadline6 (>= 6.0), libtinfo5 (>= 6), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Filename: pool/universe/a/abook/abook_0.6.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 81028
MD5sum: 7c37b30960754543044ccedd1eb46a21
SHA1: 296343226b382523ec341a5ba34ee5ab72730ce9
SHA256: afdaf9b20559147a1442810eb77d632c1d82a730866fba3292550a6ffd1af311
Description-en: text-based ncurses address book application
abook is a text-based ncurses address book application. It provides many
different fields of user info. abook is designed for use with mutt, but
can be used independently.
Description-md5: b3df98dd5a16801ef603bb31eff45bf6
Enhances: mutt
Homepage: http://abook.sourceforge.net/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu