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

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "apt-listchanges" package

Learn how to install apt-listchanges on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install apt-listchanges

2. Uninstall "apt-listchanges" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall apt-listchanges on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove apt-listchanges $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the apt-listchanges package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: apt-listchanges
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 284
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Sandro Tosi
Architecture: all
Version: 2.85.14ubuntu1
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~), apt (>= 0.5.3), python-apt (>= 0.7.93), ucf (>= 0.28), debianutils (>= 2.0.2), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Suggests: x-terminal-emulator, www-browser, python-glade2, python-gtk2, default-mta | mail-transport-agent
Filename: pool/main/a/apt-listchanges/apt-listchanges_2.85.14ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 47012
MD5sum: 1689b2339b3336f30ea35971a29e9cb5
SHA1: d10db986e9a9e87258a47b8f8de9bf17bc25b83c
SHA256: e69495eac93009f6b73863917c9a626d18e7e30f09d2e972e4de2d7455bdf9ce
Description-en: package change history notification tool
The tool apt-listchanges can compare a new version of a
package with the one currently installed and show what has been
changed, by extracting the relevant entries from the Debian changelog
and NEWS files.
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It can be run on several .deb archives at a time to get a list of all
changes that would be caused by installing or upgrading a group of
packages. When configured as an APT plugin it will do this
automatically during upgrades.
Description-md5: ff242d11e25a826706c61be7ebf92ad4
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y