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

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "apt" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install apt on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall apt on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: apt
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2.35
Priority: important
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: APT Development Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 3522
Depends: libapt-pkg5.0 (>= 1.2.35), libc6 (>= 2.15), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), ubuntu-keyring, gpgv | gpgv2, gnupg | gnupg2, adduser
Suggests: aptitude | synaptic | wajig, dpkg-dev (>= 1.17.2), apt-doc, python-apt
Breaks: apt-utils (<< 1.1.3), manpages-it (<< 2.80-4~), manpages-pl (<< 20060617-3~), openjdk-6-jdk (<< 6b24-1.11-0ubuntu1~), sun-java5-jdk (>> 0), sun-java6-jdk (>> 0)
Replaces: bash-completion (<< 1:2.1-4.2+fakesync1), manpages-it (<< 2.80-4~), manpages-pl (<< 20060617-3~), openjdk-6-jdk (<< 6b24-1.11-0ubuntu1~), sun-java5-jdk (>> 0), sun-java6-jdk (>> 0)
Filename: pool/main/a/apt/apt_1.2.35_amd64.deb
Size: 1106944
MD5sum: 8869f264153b077ce52d86502ed5ba4f
SHA1: 5365dc0b26dff1aef41caeddf96e97fb74d1c609
SHA256: a458b534d0fda677e2c659ed25fd41fc436afd5136d50b84d7a4a3d8a1fad156
SHA512: dfb6852988355be2b8af38da5d78eb846e541e7232dc193113144317d34e57339296ff7d487926d628cdb5b8e11c2e8bd2e1df5a3d7ee3c91bcbba1ba9d32753
Description-en: commandline package manager
This package provides commandline tools for searching and
managing as well as querying information about packages
as a low-level access to all features of the libapt-pkg library.
.
These include:
* apt-get for retrieval of packages and information about them
from authenticated sources and for installation, upgrade and
removal of packages together with their dependencies
* apt-cache for querying available information about installed
as well as installable packages
* apt-cdrom to use removable media as a source for packages
* apt-config as an interface to the configuration settings
* apt-key as an interface to manage authentication keys
Description-md5: 9fb97a88cb7383934ef963352b53b4a7
Task: minimal
Build-Essential: yes
Supported: 5y

Package: apt
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2.32ubuntu0.2
Priority: important
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: APT Development Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 3458
Depends: libapt-pkg5.0 (>= 1.2.32ubuntu0.2), libc6 (>= 2.15), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), ubuntu-keyring, gpgv | gpgv2, gnupg | gnupg2, adduser
Suggests: aptitude | synaptic | wajig, dpkg-dev (>= 1.17.2), apt-doc, python-apt
Breaks: apt-utils (<< 1.1.3), manpages-it (<< 2.80-4~), manpages-pl (<< 20060617-3~), openjdk-6-jdk (<< 6b24-1.11-0ubuntu1~), sun-java5-jdk (>> 0), sun-java6-jdk (>> 0)
Replaces: bash-completion (<< 1:2.1-4.2+fakesync1), manpages-it (<< 2.80-4~), manpages-pl (<< 20060617-3~), openjdk-6-jdk (<< 6b24-1.11-0ubuntu1~), sun-java5-jdk (>> 0), sun-java6-jdk (>> 0)
Filename: pool/main/a/apt/apt_1.2.32ubuntu0.2_amd64.deb
Size: 1087644
MD5sum: 424f91a1458039503e9819d89134b1c1
SHA1: 80e933dcb5238605ef9cce6b1fc9487a3f6f1e05
SHA256: 4643ceeb1ab099c4c49234a705940514edaf68d51e8e70c8aa1ae0570f967705
SHA512: 52df4d1b2a6f66b5b8d57ea312050a516160ba9163463017d8c4098c035d41363e8e271874805e6c212ff3b7c60fd15c2a79edf7328115d31a86e7f2f594c017
Description-en: commandline package manager
This package provides commandline tools for searching and
managing as well as querying information about packages
as a low-level access to all features of the libapt-pkg library.
.
These include:
* apt-get for retrieval of packages and information about them
from authenticated sources and for installation, upgrade and
removal of packages together with their dependencies
* apt-cache for querying available information about installed
as well as installable packages
* apt-cdrom to use removable media as a source for packages
* apt-config as an interface to the configuration settings
* apt-key as an interface to manage authentication keys
Description-md5: 9fb97a88cb7383934ef963352b53b4a7
Task: minimal
Build-Essential: yes
Supported: 5y

Package: apt
Priority: important
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 3291
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: APT Development Team
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2.10ubuntu1
Replaces: bash-completion (<< 1:2.1-4.2+fakesync1), manpages-it (<< 2.80-4~), manpages-pl (<< 20060617-3~), openjdk-6-jdk (<< 6b24-1.11-0ubuntu1~), sun-java5-jdk (>> 0), sun-java6-jdk (>> 0)
Depends: libapt-pkg5.0 (>= 1.2.2), libc6 (>= 2.15), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), ubuntu-keyring, gpgv | gpgv2, gnupg | gnupg2, adduser
Suggests: aptitude | synaptic | wajig, dpkg-dev (>= 1.17.2), apt-doc, python-apt
Breaks: apt-utils (<< 1.1.3), manpages-it (<< 2.80-4~), manpages-pl (<< 20060617-3~), openjdk-6-jdk (<< 6b24-1.11-0ubuntu1~), sun-java5-jdk (>> 0), sun-java6-jdk (>> 0)
Filename: pool/main/a/apt/apt_1.2.10ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 1034216
MD5sum: 7e67f15baa2f18cfbef9b2089976a8d1
SHA1: b2ff2f7511665896168293c2957a251779027d48
SHA256: b92526303f058b835e8cbe0489cfc3e9b8195a2e3dac40480c74587b1b0820bb
Description-en: commandline package manager
This package provides commandline tools for searching and
managing as well as querying information about packages
as a low-level access to all features of the libapt-pkg library.
.
These include:
* apt-get for retrieval of packages and information about them
from authenticated sources and for installation, upgrade and
removal of packages together with their dependencies
* apt-cache for querying available information about installed
as well as installable packages
* apt-cdrom to use removable media as a source for packages
* apt-config as an interface to the configuration settings
* apt-key as an interface to manage authentication keys
Description-md5: 9fb97a88cb7383934ef963352b53b4a7
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Build-Essential: yes
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: minimal