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

Last updated: May 07,2024

1. Install "appstream" package

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


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall appstream on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: appstream
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.10.6-1~ubuntu16.04.2
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klumpp
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 489
Provides: appstream-index
Depends: libappstream4 (>= 0.10.2), libc6 (>= 2.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.46)
Breaks: appstream-index (<< 0.10.6-1~ubuntu16.04.2)
Filename: pool/main/a/appstream/appstream_0.10.6-1~ubuntu16.04.2_amd64.deb
Size: 96976
MD5sum: 4c5f5a21ebd20072eaa831cb9f124ef5
SHA1: 8ab7debd326a6e4d4cca0854d9f26f8db108e5a6
SHA256: 9192a3eb7c3e454b76172a4d326b095e81cc61f431eaebcb452a97ef2ff6d7f6
SHA512: 548a6e799d365f7dabf3add0e644162d097be5ba1c998d7c57a9a253991ae8371474700b28fcfeaacac0529cb84f2e230ca8a67d1d3d13b7a869a4501d7d99a3
Homepage: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Distributions/AppStream/
Description-en: Software component metadata management
AppStream is a metadata specification, allowing to write metadata for
software projects in a standardized format.
It provides facilities to easily access and transform the data, as well
as a few additional services to allow building feature-rich software center
applications.
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This package provides tools to generate, maintain and query the AppStream
data pool of installed and available software, and enables integration
with the APT package manager.
.
The 'appstreamcli' tool can be used for accessing the software component
pool as well as for working with AppStream metadata directly, including
validating it for compliance with the specification.
Description-md5: 6dd88e1f82260435137249a5504e5e81
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop
Supported: 5y

Package: appstream
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.9.4-1ubuntu4
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klumpp
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 176
Provides: appstream-index
Depends: libappstream3 (>= 0.9.3), libc6 (>= 2.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.46)
Breaks: appstream-index (<< 0.9.4-1ubuntu4)
Filename: pool/main/a/appstream/appstream_0.9.4-1ubuntu4_amd64.deb
Size: 30138
MD5sum: 77755ba18d209ff126e83c35abb05e03
SHA1: 4d554eb84f7c623f09bc3489d4aa910f1f6d093b
SHA256: b4bd9ea4dc0bb0596c1e48391805693e29d598a23ad8b2b56d2e5c188a7018c0
SHA512: ebf0da25522c721ed73a3b779a5fade9fe583d36fa99a0d2e40836c223512d55c42e9991cb688604c72f4bad86cb5dd99a2c4ea11e52c038babfa14b3ffb4986
Homepage: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Distributions/AppStream/
Description-en: Software component index
AppStream is a cross-distribution effort for creating and sharing
metadata of software components available in the package repositories
of a distribution.
It provides specifications for an unified software component metadata format,
screenshot and icon services and various other metadata to describe software
in repositories.
The metadata can be used to show details about the actual software in software
management tools instead of just listing packages, making software management
intuitive and easy.
.
This package provides tools to generate, maintain and query the
AppStream database of installed and available software, and enables AppStream
integration in APT.
.
The 'appstreamcli' tool can be used for accessing the software component
database as well as for working with AppStream XML metadata directly, including
validating it for compliance with the specification.
Description-md5: 2e965edcce1f676af5daae61436d324e
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop
Supported: 5y

Package: appstream
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 176
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klumpp
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.9.4-1
Provides: appstream-index
Depends: libappstream3 (>= 0.9.3), libc6 (>= 2.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.46)
Breaks: appstream-index (<< 0.9.4-1)
Filename: pool/main/a/appstream/appstream_0.9.4-1_amd64.deb
Size: 30150
MD5sum: 3447e73bd55d502f3e0f11aa45f00f6b
SHA1: 4d5e8abf553aa0bc3bea075fdd32937b540f4d23
SHA256: 4184f09913fdeabc7b98a1aa3a3efaa87185f6a77ddeae48b7808a9e13d6b1e7
Description-en: Software component index
AppStream is a cross-distribution effort for creating and sharing
metadata of software components available in the package repositories
of a distribution.
It provides specifications for an unified software component metadata format,
screenshot and icon services and various other metadata to describe software
in repositories.
The metadata can be used to show details about the actual software in software
management tools instead of just listing packages, making software management
intuitive and easy.
.
This package provides tools to generate, maintain and query the
AppStream database of installed and available software, and enables AppStream
integration in APT.
.
The 'appstreamcli' tool can be used for accessing the software component
database as well as for working with AppStream XML metadata directly, including
validating it for compliance with the specification.
Description-md5: 2e965edcce1f676af5daae61436d324e
Homepage: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Distributions/AppStream/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop