How to Install and Uninstall autoconf2.59 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "autoconf2.59" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install autoconf2.59 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 "autoconf2.59" package

Learn how to uninstall autoconf2.59 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                autoconf2.59
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the autoconf2.59 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: autoconf2.59
Priority: extra
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 1273
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers
Architecture: all
Version: 2.59+dfsg-0.1
Replaces: autoconf (<< 2.50)
Depends: m4, debianutils (>= 1.8), autoconf (>= 2.50), perl, libfile-temp-perl
Conflicts: autoconf (<< 2.50)
Filename: pool/universe/a/autoconf2.59/autoconf2.59_2.59+dfsg-0.1_all.deb
Size: 358454
MD5sum: f6f6f924c2c4b6ded8f84a31e8578862
SHA1: c0168a4eebc2ecb8ebea51ea08c7f5119ac3d523
SHA256: ea2592da33fe0dad5e88fbc5751e2383c3557bb5284c7393c7d62443885ff53e
Description-en: automatic configure script builder (obsolete version)
This obsolete version is required to build GCC (>= 4.3.3), newlib,
and probably some others toolchain related packages.
Description-md5: 10ebda51cac38f72fa38461f25a84819
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu