How to Install and Uninstall aptitude-common Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "aptitude-common" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                aptitude-common
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "aptitude-common" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall aptitude-common on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: aptitude-common
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 4472
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Aptitude Development Team
Architecture: all
Source: aptitude
Version: 0.7.4-2ubuntu2
Replaces: aptitude (<< 0.6.8-1)
Recommends: aptitude
Breaks: aptitude (<< 0.6.8-1)
Filename: pool/main/a/aptitude/aptitude-common_0.7.4-2ubuntu2_all.deb
Size: 747112
MD5sum: e793d5d435ce361954426e6c4404d1ef
SHA1: 0488ccb5ce6bf54404324ca3660513a26bd1ea9b
SHA256: 71a6c20b62ee43555291e521b9d017b87f4c79a4489c831a0e1c369a4cd39600
Description-en: architecture independent files for the aptitude package manager
aptitude is a package manager with a number of useful features,
including: a mutt-like syntax for matching packages in a flexible
manner, dselect-like persistence of user actions, the ability to
retrieve and display the Debian changelog of most packages, and a
command-line mode similar to that of apt-get.
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This package contains the data files and translations used by
aptitude.
Description-md5: 0ebb2713369d2bbfc7c859cc8eb8ae8a
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://aptitude.alioth.debian.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y