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

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "checkinstall" package

This is a short guide on how to install checkinstall on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall checkinstall on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: checkinstall
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 504
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Andreas Noteng
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.6.2-4ubuntu1
Depends: dpkg-dev, file, libc6 (>= 2.14)
Recommends: make
Suggests: gettext
Filename: pool/universe/c/checkinstall/checkinstall_1.6.2-4ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 120780
MD5sum: f1f819e9b19cb6d1de3175d9e04af74b
SHA1: ee46b81188d180c71c2c707e5fffa7fe3d62e927
SHA256: eeedf3c5d921446f204a9b81bae88ab602f6236272084eb43252bcfe131a353a
Description-en: installation tracker
CheckInstall keeps track of all the files created or
modified by your installation script ("make install"
"make install_modules", "setup", etc), builds a
standard binary package and installs it in your
system giving you the ability to uninstall it with your
distribution's standard package management utilities.
Description-md5: 65a8e9c4837c96312620e0e3daa0cd3f
Homepage: http://checkinstall.izto.org
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu