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

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "chrpath" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install chrpath on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall chrpath on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: chrpath
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 61
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Tollef Fog Heen
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.16-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7)
Filename: pool/universe/c/chrpath/chrpath_0.16-1_amd64.deb
Size: 12932
MD5sum: 4f1d66f650c5d9c03cf59595c96eb916
SHA1: fffa0655773739548e1c5ad060c15282ac52a15f
SHA256: b7dd72882e03634295176b4e321de0278b75319a8265fcdda11d2d22216a34dd
Description-en: Tool to edit the rpath in ELF binaries
chrpath allows you to change the rpath (where the application looks
for libraries) in an application. It does not (yet) allow you to
add an rpath if there isn't one already.
Description-md5: a999fc68ae2f1aed25b996deccacd83d
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://alioth.debian.org/projects/chrpath/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu