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

Last updated: May 01,2024

1. Install "bsdcpio" package

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


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall bsdcpio on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: bsdcpio
Architecture: all
Version: 3.2.1-2~ubuntu16.04.1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Source: libarchive
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Libarchive Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 27
Depends: libarchive-tools (>= 3.2.1-2~ubuntu16.04.1)
Filename: pool/universe/liba/libarchive/bsdcpio_3.2.1-2~ubuntu16.04.1_all.deb
Size: 4174
MD5sum: ecbaa11674093630618a924eaca8270f
SHA1: a08ecc18bb2b380905cb891a447d9fca781be72f
SHA256: c9620d3b62845bec1f1aef9525356d06c0cd7ac80dca54b66d9fa1af74bb7080
SHA512: 4011d397aef067b5792d2496de8aa3fdb540b9f622d7e5ee18753e7451599dc57a620e3ae0432e03a1189637c395ed1c5e9b48a3df6dac4a5a17a2a53a492d80
Homepage: http://www.libarchive.org/
Description-en: transitional dummy package for moving bsdcpio to libarchive-tools
The bsdcpio program is the default system 'cpio' program used on FreeBSD.
bsdcpio uses the libarchive library as a backend which does all of the work for
reading and writing archives in various formats.
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This is a transitional package for the migration of the bsdcpio tool to
the libarchive-tools package.
Description-md5: 0d0614fc5b8366385e38162f0cfff695

Package: bsdcpio
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.8
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Source: libarchive
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Libarchive Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 78
Depends: libarchive13 (= 3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.8), libc6 (>= 2.14)
Suggests: bsdtar
Filename: pool/universe/liba/libarchive/bsdcpio_3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.8_amd64.deb
Size: 33444
MD5sum: 89942a4e5f8f49c101a72b6aa60c8827
SHA1: f5072ac5c567c6196bea99172b9d4226929d7187
SHA256: 5670707e31b3a311ef4fd1be56945150a86143c7eebbac2c3ef3edf25ac797f3
SHA512: eaf340f38278c3ef6efb1a38a9a3dcd2d7ff11afdd62933f3453566602b823340bf78fe1b43ea08486c6a730ba5576e14394276cea015962bdfeb02d09aad5e6
Homepage: http://www.libarchive.org/
Description-en: Implementation of the 'cpio' program from FreeBSD
The bsdcpio program is the default system 'cpio' program used on FreeBSD.
bsdcpio uses the libarchive library as a backend which does all of the work for
reading and writing archives in various formats.
Description-md5: 1c90998c8f6e066f932d9d438fe8c0c3

Package: bsdcpio
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 100
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Libarchive Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: libarchive
Version: 3.1.2-11build1
Depends: libarchive13 (= 3.1.2-11build1), libc6 (>= 2.14)
Suggests: bsdtar
Filename: pool/universe/liba/libarchive/bsdcpio_3.1.2-11build1_amd64.deb
Size: 33384
MD5sum: d1574c90e5120fe4a3c9d171341c3d93
SHA1: 3fada2287057c54bd77e71925260e5b10177c063
SHA256: d1db414bddd9bd2861388f3bb4cd3893c58e53f9906f222c8f9f169e6518a93f
Description-en: Implementation of the 'cpio' program from FreeBSD
The bsdcpio program is the default system 'cpio' program used on FreeBSD.
bsdcpio uses the libarchive library as a backend which does all of the work for
reading and writing archives in various formats.
Description-md5: 1c90998c8f6e066f932d9d438fe8c0c3
Homepage: http://www.libarchive.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu