How to Install and Uninstall autoconf2.64 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: January 25,2025

1. Install "autoconf2.64" package

This is a short guide on how to install autoconf2.64 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 "autoconf2.64" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall autoconf2.64 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                autoconf2.64
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the autoconf2.64 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: autoconf2.64
Priority: extra
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 1755
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers
Architecture: all
Version: 2.64+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/autoconf2.64/autoconf2.64_2.64+dfsg-0.1_all.deb
Size: 274830
MD5sum: eaffd4b7bc54879b3921bed98173d699
SHA1: e530cccfd8baff700d7c929b07e295098be4252d
SHA256: da2fda53a6fa41e9c76e29adda958476324f7a1a083cc9522b9e430ff35ae8db
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