How to Install and Uninstall binfmt-support Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "binfmt-support" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install binfmt-support on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "binfmt-support" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall binfmt-support on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: binfmt-support
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 201
Maintainer: Colin Watson
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.1.6-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libpipeline1 (>= 1.0.0), init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), lsb-base (>= 4.1+Debian3)
Filename: pool/main/b/binfmt-support/binfmt-support_2.1.6-1_amd64.deb
Size: 50668
MD5sum: 2a7b267de7fa8d10a958e9337eb0af32
SHA1: bf6d2615fbfd56025a82cde74e60c5b35c100473
SHA256: 49fbc2acbdeade0cad9004c1c5efc49833b620f577f7f943bcd0036877c04ef4
Description-en: Support for extra binary formats
The binfmt_misc kernel module, contained in versions 2.1.43 and later of the
Linux kernel, allows system administrators to register interpreters for
various binary formats based on a magic number or their file extension, and
cause the appropriate interpreter to be invoked whenever a matching file is
executed. Think of it as a more flexible version of the #! executable
interpreter mechanism.
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This package provides an 'update-binfmts' script with which package
maintainers can register interpreters to be used with this module without
having to worry about writing their own init.d scripts, and which sysadmins
can use for a slightly higher-level interface to this module.
Description-md5: 29e82a31bb4248987c1cee43d589e134
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://binfmt-support.nongnu.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m
Task: edubuntu-desktop-gnome, ubuntu-sdk