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

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "apt-dater" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install apt-dater on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall apt-dater on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: apt-dater
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 261
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Patrick Matthäi
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.0.2+git20151216-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.33.14), libncursesw5 (>= 6), libpopt0 (>= 1.14), libtcl8.5 (>= 8.5.0), libtinfo5 (>= 6), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), perl, libxml-writer-perl, tmux, lockfile-progs | procmail, openssh-client
Suggests: apt-dater-host, xsltproc
Filename: pool/universe/a/apt-dater/apt-dater_1.0.2+git20151216-1_amd64.deb
Size: 69774
MD5sum: 71bae32ac691f9383636f798dfec07ab
SHA1: 76d73d748eb05a1530f9906cf21f58e5f383eec4
SHA256: d4fec1dd7a120c768c609d78de34d45f0b635bdf1a56c01730511d724e1f9b46
Description-en: terminal-based remote package update manager
apt-dater provides an easy to use ncurses frontend for managing package
updates on a large number of remote hosts using SSH and apt-dater-host.
It supports Debian-based managed hosts as well as OpenSUSE and CentOS based
systems.
Description-md5: 6befb9bc5e6dbd7e77e11f6890b9c857
Homepage: http://www.ibh.de/apt-dater
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu