How to Install and Uninstall bash Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "bash" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install bash on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall bash on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: bash
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.3-14ubuntu1.4
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: required
Essential: yes
Section: shells
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klose
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1500
Pre-Depends: dash (>= 0.5.5.1-2.2), libc6 (>= 2.15), libtinfo5 (>= 6)
Depends: base-files (>= 2.1.12), debianutils (>= 2.15)
Recommends: bash-completion (>= 20060301-0)
Suggests: bash-doc
Conflicts: bash-completion (<< 20060301-0)
Replaces: bash-completion (<< 20060301-0), bash-doc (<= 2.05-1)
Filename: pool/main/b/bash/bash_4.3-14ubuntu1.4_amd64.deb
Size: 582666
MD5sum: 732883a110a54b7ce5031f6ed7d428de
SHA1: 307876fdbb317bf2dcd5b5dcf1d728722c75df5e
SHA256: 6363ce9c44ab17388257754c41f2bd0d23f6419838b7ed7766b135f8ecbbf48b
SHA512: 6818ffe1a67be33997d1a237822c3d3f21d6d59747e9d92eef110416a4e5bf368881e6e8be2cd086e4b017ae7c4e7e354ee27fa3ee2f3f7243fccc456c821632
Homepage: http://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/bash/bashtop.html
Description-en: GNU Bourne Again SHell
Bash is an sh-compatible command language interpreter that executes
commands read from the standard input or from a file. Bash also
incorporates useful features from the Korn and C shells (ksh and csh).
.
Bash is ultimately intended to be a conformant implementation of the
IEEE POSIX Shell and Tools specification (IEEE Working Group 1003.2).
.
The Programmable Completion Code, by Ian Macdonald, is now found in
the bash-completion package.
Description-md5: 3522aa7b4374048d6450e348a5bb45d9
Task: minimal
Supported: 5y

Package: bash
Essential: yes
Priority: required
Section: shells
Installed-Size: 1500
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klose
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.3-14ubuntu1
Replaces: bash-completion (<< 20060301-0), bash-doc (<= 2.05-1)
Depends: base-files (>= 2.1.12), debianutils (>= 2.15)
Pre-Depends: dash (>= 0.5.5.1-2.2), libc6 (>= 2.15), libtinfo5
Recommends: bash-completion (>= 20060301-0)
Suggests: bash-doc
Conflicts: bash-completion (<< 20060301-0)
Filename: pool/main/b/bash/bash_4.3-14ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 581710
MD5sum: 3d97b49c636f122ddbc284975c92b964
SHA1: 0c4040bb1545bf6b04c595192b479d11fdc7cbc9
SHA256: 532f8a3070a655c5738cfa3d9d5e6674f1e6e687e5d3be8e5b6bbbcd7a23ccc7
Description-en: GNU Bourne Again SHell
Bash is an sh-compatible command language interpreter that executes
commands read from the standard input or from a file. Bash also
incorporates useful features from the Korn and C shells (ksh and csh).
.
Bash is ultimately intended to be a conformant implementation of the
IEEE POSIX Shell and Tools specification (IEEE Working Group 1003.2).
.
The Programmable Completion Code, by Ian Macdonald, is now found in
the bash-completion package.
Description-md5: 3522aa7b4374048d6450e348a5bb45d9
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/bash/bashtop.html
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: minimal