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

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "cowbuilder" package

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


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

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


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

Package: cowbuilder
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 96
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Junichi Uekawa
Architecture: amd64
Source: cowdancer
Version: 0.73
Replaces: cowdancer (<= 0.49)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), pbuilder, cowdancer
Filename: pool/universe/c/cowdancer/cowbuilder_0.73_amd64.deb
Size: 17884
MD5sum: ba08945a171c32b1485bc0d7d56df50f
SHA1: 748feba019160c49a5b99297885998cc8489f77d
SHA256: 65f24af85392a4a926a935cb85c7082c88b3ece73beb122aba081ad7459fbeef
Description-en: pbuilder running on cowdancer
'cowbuilder' command is a wrapper for pbuilder which allows using
pbuilder-like interface over cowdancer environment.
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pbuilder is a tool for building and testing Debian package inside a clean
chroot, and cowbuilder allows chroot to be recreated using
hard-linked copies with copy-on-write, which makes creation and
destruction of chroots fast.
Description-md5: 3f6a79a018c77ab19e6b7986aaa41b78
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu