How to Install and Uninstall autotools-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: January 10,2025

1. Install "autotools-dev" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install autotools-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                autotools-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "autotools-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall autotools-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: autotools-dev
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Installed-Size: 151
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
Architecture: all
Version: 20150820.1
Filename: pool/main/a/autotools-dev/autotools-dev_20150820.1_all.deb
Size: 39774
MD5sum: c349fc32b6fdf83e17979320e45205a7
SHA1: 2585c10f0d8519ca70be00eff2f79230b864be6e
SHA256: e17d8684dabb3ec7db679093a9db57763f036665f20f8df00db7afe27a53f250
Description-en: Update infrastructure for config.{guess,sub} files
This package installs an up-to-date version of config.guess and
config.sub, used by the automake and libtool packages. It provides
the canonical copy of those files for other packages as well.
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It also documents in /usr/share/doc/autotools-dev/README.Debian.gz
best practices and guidelines for using autoconf, automake and
friends on Debian packages. This is a must-read for any developers
packaging software that uses the GNU autotools, or GNU gettext.
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Additionally this package provides seamless integration into Debhelper
or CDBS, allowing maintainers to easily update config.{guess,sub} files
in their packages.
Description-md5: 32ffa2f2f5e89ec7409d0b4d9086ce91
Enhances: cdbs, debhelper
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/config/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-sdk-libs-tools, ubuntu-sdk