How to Install and Uninstall appdata-tools Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "appdata-tools" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install appdata-tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                appdata-tools
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "appdata-tools" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall appdata-tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: appdata-tools
Architecture: all
Version: 0.5.13-1ubuntu6
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Source: appstream-glib
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klumpp
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 11
Depends: appstream-util
Filename: pool/universe/a/appstream-glib/appdata-tools_0.5.13-1ubuntu6_all.deb
Size: 1780
MD5sum: 44e2a2d4762254d99e59823f4c2e0e88
SHA1: 8cd664668ee479bcbe862890403aaacb624f9f81
SHA256: 8cab4910843ac99c557c0c3a7d43f9e7529075b9f20574fd2ebb5f9aeede4c7c
SHA512: bdeb3695a42eae35f17a3b556d2f4d1fcd8746ffaf59f506b69961a2659c82592cd279d76cd0fcf792708d46bfb9659e5b354488028baecc721b60b374f1ee08
Homepage: http://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/appstream-glib/
Description-en: Transitional dummy package (appdata-tools -> appstream-util)
This is a transitional package to ease upgrades from appdata-tools to
appstream-util.
.
It can safely be removed.
Description-md5: 7a2da4f6b579fb7ab97e5466f78afd42

Package: appdata-tools
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 11
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klumpp
Architecture: all
Source: appstream-glib
Version: 0.5.13-1
Depends: appstream-util
Filename: pool/universe/a/appstream-glib/appdata-tools_0.5.13-1_all.deb
Size: 1780
MD5sum: 4427e95c40a7b478aae7e53faf2e2c93
SHA1: a766a9888d3fa30d298793ead7d1d06db2dd2e95
SHA256: 3112b0dadb204bc67340e2cbf8417ca65fec0bc927336e01a192841a1f45ae62
Description-en: Transitional dummy package (appdata-tools -> appstream-util)
This is a transitional package to ease upgrades from appdata-tools to
appstream-util.
.
It can safely be removed.
Description-md5: 7a2da4f6b579fb7ab97e5466f78afd42
Homepage: http://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/appstream-glib/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu