How to Install and Uninstall aufs-tools Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "aufs-tools" package

Please follow the instructions below to install aufs-tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                aufs-tools
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "aufs-tools" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall aufs-tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: aufs-tools
Priority: optional
Section: universe/kernel
Installed-Size: 228
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Filesystems Group
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:3.2+20130722-1.1ubuntu1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/universe/a/aufs-tools/aufs-tools_3.2+20130722-1.1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 92948
MD5sum: fe0fcd88dd199b647cd35b1d3ac41bf4
SHA1: 88b0520cbe5d35c5155138936f54bee153cc60c3
SHA256: 95e32764257ddd6a3e0996c98c9b0bb3e0a62b3f50fa9a724b60f9f029f5b575
Description-en: Tools to manage aufs filesystems
The aufs driver provides a unification file system for the Linux kernel. It
allows one to virtually merge the contents of several directories and/or stack
them, so that apparent file changes in the aufs end in file changes in only one
of the source directories.
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This package contains utilities needed to configure aufs containers on-the-fly.
Description-md5: 673cabd1f72fadad37972931b6f76fec
Homepage: http://aufs.sourceforge.net/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu