Complete Guide: Installing ara on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) 2024

1. Install "ara" package

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


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall ara 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 ara package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: ara
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 1249
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.0.31build2
Replaces: ara-byte
Provides: ara-byte
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15)
Recommends: sudo, apt
Suggests: a2ps
Conflicts: ara-byte
Filename: pool/universe/a/ara/ara_1.0.31build2_amd64.deb
Size: 346558
MD5sum: 355be7271c30bf06a7ba1b9e8d7cde8b
SHA1: 2f0a2887f98ec952afbb35d93dc72ea70be3f216
SHA256: 389b17ec8214e89e566044a74b8ac6190d3d9ecc6d4daceea0e351650e6758cc
Description-en: Command line utility for searching the Debian package database
ara is a utility for searching the Debian package database using
boolean regexp queries.
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ara can perform sophisticated searches on that database. It is possible
to use any field of the package database as a search criterion and any
boolean combination thereof.
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ara can also call APT (or any user-configurable command) to install or
remove packages matching a query.
Description-md5: e0a583d1f3c35f1b16b1f985f20ea486
Homepage: http://ara.alioth.debian.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu