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

Last updated: December 25,2024

1. Install "consolekit" package

Please follow the instructions below to install consolekit on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install consolekit

2. Uninstall "consolekit" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall consolekit on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove consolekit $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the consolekit package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: consolekit
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 492
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Robert Millan
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.4.6-5
Replaces: udev (<< 204-1)
Depends: libacl1 (>= 2.2.51-8), libc6 (>= 2.4), libck-connector0 (= 0.4.6-5), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.0.2), libdbus-glib-1-2 (>= 0.88), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.94), libudev1 (>= 183), libx11-6, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), dbus (>= 1.1.2)
Recommends: libpam-ck-connector
Breaks: udev (<< 204-1)
Filename: pool/universe/c/consolekit/consolekit_0.4.6-5_amd64.deb
Size: 77302
MD5sum: fcadb3b4a8d3ecdb945dab8ebd14cf08
SHA1: b16f9031d88609f9870cafa684af0c88340137d3
SHA256: 83e05d4a60454c880572af1b093542a03be45635cd5a526d1037fc8bab2a13e9
Description-en: framework for defining and tracking users, sessions and seats
ConsoleKit is a system daemon for tracking what users are logged
into the system and how they interact with the computer (e.g.
which keyboard and mouse they use).
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It provides asynchronous notification via the system message bus.
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This package provides the system daemon and tools to interact with it.
Description-md5: ebcb508a56f0ac7c55a29c37ded2a104
Homepage: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/ConsoleKit
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu