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

Last updated: December 25,2024

1. Install "apt-utils" package

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


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall apt-utils on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: apt-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2.35
Priority: important
Section: admin
Source: apt
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: APT Development Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 724
Depends: apt (= 1.2.35), libapt-inst2.0 (>= 1.0.5), libapt-pkg5.0 (>= 1.1~exp15), libc6 (>= 2.14), libdb5.3, libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2)
Filename: pool/main/a/apt/apt-utils_1.2.35_amd64.deb
Size: 196204
MD5sum: 46f6ad5528c192c4765cbfe02f3f854e
SHA1: a30628e259275f2991b1ed42b15b47e1bf535434
SHA256: b0a0f704641c8cdce837067f886d6e5d6d166364b12ce5ad437e12fcabea8c4a
SHA512: db510c963fec43a4087a07aa6c5e16f698bf0875b8350638272ede37f81ada1efadd471132ee597d39a17b302558106e42ada7b8154b1d183f3356bde38447ea
Description-en: package management related utility programs
This package contains some less used commandline utilities related
to package management with APT.
.
* apt-extracttemplates is used by debconf to prompt for configuration
questions before installation.
* apt-ftparchive is used to create Packages and other index files
needed to publish an archive of Debian packages
* apt-sortpkgs is a Packages/Sources file normalizer.
Description-md5: fa0295dc4e40dbbea6c84f614c570636
Task: minimal
Supported: 5y

Package: apt-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2.32ubuntu0.2
Priority: important
Section: admin
Source: apt
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: APT Development Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 720
Depends: apt (= 1.2.32ubuntu0.2), libapt-inst2.0 (>= 1.0.5), libapt-pkg5.0 (>= 1.1~exp15), libc6 (>= 2.14), libdb5.3, libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2)
Filename: pool/main/a/apt/apt-utils_1.2.32ubuntu0.2_amd64.deb
Size: 196670
MD5sum: 2fb37503d6d80ea85aaa396f7515f405
SHA1: 3dee516c8a60e33b42ed4ee0720504ecbd19cff0
SHA256: 100d9d202f6d57736f69b9e91d3fabe3723166528e0218a0f3df0b075a10574d
SHA512: 0f81d8b43e88770f72aa735360a7b7ec50a82179da77fa79beb812c22fd1ea08b19fa42c895547a07a01392882fe846b46f7a6f72d13402795e3f49c5a29e13b
Description-en: package management related utility programs
This package contains some less used commandline utilities related
to package management with APT.
.
* apt-extracttemplates is used by debconf to prompt for configuration
questions before installation.
* apt-ftparchive is used to create Packages and other index files
needed to publish an archive of Debian packages
* apt-sortpkgs is a Packages/Sources file normalizer.
Description-md5: fa0295dc4e40dbbea6c84f614c570636
Task: minimal
Supported: 5y

Package: apt-utils
Priority: important
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 716
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: APT Development Team
Architecture: amd64
Source: apt
Version: 1.2.10ubuntu1
Depends: apt (= 1.2.10ubuntu1), libapt-inst2.0 (>= 1.0.5), libapt-pkg5.0 (>= 1.1~exp15), libc6 (>= 2.14), libdb5.3, libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2)
Filename: pool/main/a/apt/apt-utils_1.2.10ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 195514
MD5sum: 0f54e1d88c089b11eff3002eea6d9468
SHA1: 131da8eeb26b7f749edcb72d4d8620f3a76c70d3
SHA256: 7d81577084a098cfe584b26202b1cbb84a0554f52b40e608ad77f8139654ca9f
Description-en: package management related utility programs
This package contains some less used commandline utilities related
to package management with APT.
.
* apt-extracttemplates is used by debconf to prompt for configuration
questions before installation.
* apt-ftparchive is used to create Packages and other index files
needed to publish an archive of Debian packages
* apt-sortpkgs is a Packages/Sources file normalizer.
Description-md5: fa0295dc4e40dbbea6c84f614c570636
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: minimal