How to Install and Uninstall browser-plugin-packagekit Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: April 18,2024

1. Install "browser-plugin-packagekit" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install browser-plugin-packagekit on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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2. Uninstall "browser-plugin-packagekit" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall browser-plugin-packagekit 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 browser-plugin-packagekit package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: browser-plugin-packagekit
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1.1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/web
Source: packagekit
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klumpp
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 83
Depends: python3-aptdaemon.pkcompat | packagekit-system-interface | packagekit (= 0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1.1), firefox (>> 8.0) | www-browser, libc6 (>= 2.4), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.24.0), libpackagekit-glib2-16 (>= 0.8.10), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.20.0), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0)
Suggests: gnome-packagekit | apper
Conflicts: mozilla-packagekit
Replaces: mozilla-packagekit
Filename: pool/universe/p/packagekit/browser-plugin-packagekit_0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb
Size: 20628
MD5sum: da8e3899410d35f266badb629b143d06
SHA1: bf697d8e1b66cbd52a2c04c6d2bdf55bfc92cdf1
SHA256: 491af53942855762add59177ff7f008f9aa8548d2ae8ea760338dfbaff113903
SHA512: 0b3b605fc37ad4bd446eb450b778fc0a8c97767859cd70a155bd5e57867d624b2429c32650807110be71822c0131dc94a71e14a19aeb340c67ec9c908e56c9c5
Homepage: http://www.packagekit.org
Description-en: Plugin to install missing plugins using PackageKit
PackageKit allows performing simple software management tasks over a DBus
interface e.g refreshing the cache, updating, installing and removing
software packages or searching for multimedia codecs and file handlers.
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This package provides a browser plugin.
Description-md5: c469ffc6294e86f966d4e7fb2d010020

Package: browser-plugin-packagekit
Priority: optional
Section: universe/web
Installed-Size: 83
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klumpp
Architecture: amd64
Source: packagekit
Version: 0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1
Replaces: mozilla-packagekit
Depends: python3-aptdaemon.pkcompat | packagekit-system-interface | packagekit (= 0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1), firefox (>> 8.0) | www-browser, libc6 (>= 2.4), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.24.0), libpackagekit-glib2-16 (>= 0.8.10), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.20.0), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0)
Suggests: gnome-packagekit | apper
Conflicts: mozilla-packagekit
Filename: pool/universe/p/packagekit/browser-plugin-packagekit_0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 20550
MD5sum: 4b2b2c9da076a79e4832aea9d6f41e03
SHA1: ca5475a3b0029d7d07875c63d9549a795530af19
SHA256: 80aad233c38cc6437decc2406ab5a87a042d8eedbd558d59e3b00b5e2eefe5a0
Description-en: Plugin to install missing plugins using PackageKit
PackageKit allows performing simple software management tasks over a DBus
interface e.g refreshing the cache, updating, installing and removing
software packages or searching for multimedia codecs and file handlers.
.
This package provides a browser plugin.
Description-md5: c469ffc6294e86f966d4e7fb2d010020
Homepage: http://www.packagekit.org
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu