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

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "binfmtc" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install binfmtc on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


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

Package: binfmtc
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 137
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Junichi Uekawa
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.17-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.8), gcc, binutils, g++, binfmt-support
Recommends: libreadline-dev
Suggests: gfortran, gcj-jdk
Filename: pool/universe/b/binfmtc/binfmtc_0.17-1_amd64.deb
Size: 23642
MD5sum: e321a94667a229cfa733f6f375844d7f
SHA1: 0f9ed041815f700fdc5b98d6a9eb34abe225b98d
SHA256: 7a45e3a0a2fbac405aa04f362172b4504fc34a10126adbcded35af4f1b18f106
Description-en: Execute C program as script
Linux binfmt_misc handler for C, C++, Assembly languages, Pascal,
Fortran, Java(GCJ).
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Using the binfmt_misc interface, binfmtc allows users to
seamlessly execute C source code as if they were scripts.
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Includes example utilities realcsh.c, realksh.c, which are for your
real C scripting pleasures.
Description-md5: ecee66ef1f7ec71b9bd11b3337420843
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu