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

Last updated: April 27,2024

1. Install "bbdb" package

Please follow the steps below to install bbdb on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install bbdb

2. Uninstall "bbdb" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall bbdb on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove bbdb $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the bbdb package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: bbdb
Priority: optional
Section: mail
Installed-Size: 1618
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Joerg Jaspert
Architecture: all
Version: 2.36-4
Depends: make, emacs24 | emacs23 | emacsen, perl
Suggests: vm, w3m-el, gnuserv, gnus | t-gnus
Filename: pool/main/b/bbdb/bbdb_2.36-4_all.deb
Size: 693494
MD5sum: 84b61baaa13a0721a9b5de6f1f7423d2
SHA1: 071126680f843e82c2d8686efaad86cd167be7d1
SHA256: 4f18fe0a95b89b151a8dc1362391a1d387010df79c458c63b81aa394ff37f352
Description-en: The Insidious Big Brother Database (email rolodex) for Emacs
BBDB is a rolodex-like database program for GNU Emacs. BBDB stands
for Insidious Big Brother Database, and is not, repeat, *not* an
obscure reference to the Buck Rogers TV series.
Description-md5: cf6e32334b121b23ad0d84643800ce68
Homepage: http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y