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

Last updated: December 28,2024

1. Install "coreutils" package

Please follow the guidance below to install coreutils on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall coreutils on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: coreutils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 8.25-2ubuntu3~16.04
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: required
Essential: yes
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Michael Stone
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 6248
Pre-Depends: libacl1 (>= 2.2.51-8), libattr1 (>= 1:2.4.46-8), libc6 (>= 2.17), libselinux1 (>= 2.1.13)
Conflicts: timeout
Replaces: mktemp, realpath, timeout
Filename: pool/main/c/coreutils/coreutils_8.25-2ubuntu3~16.04_amd64.deb
Size: 1173570
MD5sum: e9b0e774d272e4468f4606f379dde88a
SHA1: cb735c4d8734c2fded42c7a9ec14bcd5eaa2f73a
SHA256: 056b90da514d6ef207199d9c446201f9214ce5af0a2cc8db2d617587250980c9
SHA512: 40426a994f25df55e9aca9bd09f00ba1933e83f5081518a52f62788f84c240fb062719554928d5e3722c41e2ada40a06863786879ce2e228bc5c287f8abafc09
Homepage: http://gnu.org/software/coreutils
Description-en: GNU core utilities
This package contains the basic file, shell and text manipulation
utilities which are expected to exist on every operating system.
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Specifically, this package includes:
arch base64 basename cat chcon chgrp chmod chown chroot cksum comm cp
csplit cut date dd df dir dircolors dirname du echo env expand expr
factor false flock fmt fold groups head hostid id install join link ln
logname ls md5sum mkdir mkfifo mknod mktemp mv nice nl nohup nproc numfmt
od paste pathchk pinky pr printenv printf ptx pwd readlink realpath rm
rmdir runcon sha*sum seq shred sleep sort split stat stty sum sync tac
tail tee test timeout touch tr true truncate tsort tty uname unexpand
uniq unlink users vdir wc who whoami yes
Description-md5: d0d975dec3625409d24be1238cede238
Task: minimal
Supported: 5y

Package: coreutils
Essential: yes
Priority: required
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 6264
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Michael Stone
Architecture: amd64
Version: 8.25-2ubuntu2
Replaces: mktemp, realpath, timeout
Pre-Depends: libacl1 (>= 2.2.51-8), libattr1 (>= 1:2.4.46-8), libc6 (>= 2.17), libselinux1 (>= 2.1.13)
Conflicts: timeout
Filename: pool/main/c/coreutils/coreutils_8.25-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 1174720
MD5sum: bd694a5c692606501ee5935ed30a4344
SHA1: 935bd32bef3ace2e77c598e6b9f404b541aa2f76
SHA256: 3d0d81ea9128d85d3fa4f593d9bed54a403007856619e99c3784bc76eaee6498
Description-en: GNU core utilities
This package contains the basic file, shell and text manipulation
utilities which are expected to exist on every operating system.
.
Specifically, this package includes:
arch base64 basename cat chcon chgrp chmod chown chroot cksum comm cp
csplit cut date dd df dir dircolors dirname du echo env expand expr
factor false flock fmt fold groups head hostid id install join link ln
logname ls md5sum mkdir mkfifo mknod mktemp mv nice nl nohup nproc numfmt
od paste pathchk pinky pr printenv printf ptx pwd readlink realpath rm
rmdir runcon sha*sum seq shred sleep sort split stat stty sum sync tac
tail tee test timeout touch tr true truncate tsort tty uname unexpand
uniq unlink users vdir wc who whoami yes
Description-md5: d0d975dec3625409d24be1238cede238
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://gnu.org/software/coreutils
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: minimal