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

Last updated: October 06,2024

1. Install "cpio" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install cpio on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Learn how to uninstall cpio on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: cpio
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.11+dfsg-5ubuntu1.1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: important
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 316
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17)
Suggests: libarchive1
Conflicts: cpio-mt, mt-st (<< 0.6)
Replaces: cpio-mt
Filename: pool/main/c/cpio/cpio_2.11+dfsg-5ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb
Size: 75230
MD5sum: dc4858a4d2bfce6cf9764e19dc0ae255
SHA1: e6985669de4470bd65d8d01dea63df9ea4909e3e
SHA256: 887d928e365d848def955e4e621016df0b136b13f271449b1f89d694aa10cd2c
SHA512: 047550206cd5340ab8122a01d09d218965f15064e0b3fa3eb79afde1a857f6b346803c1d7362b345f61d9cc83adbd8cc54eaf1774ed1a138a6220b2be0aaf519
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/cpio/
Description-en: GNU cpio -- a program to manage archives of files
GNU cpio is a tool for creating and extracting archives, or copying
files from one place to another. It handles a number of cpio formats
as well as reading and writing tar files.
Description-md5: 5f492bf139a41f29fd2d6fcadf43606e
Task: minimal, ubuntu-sdk
Supported: 5y

Package: cpio
Priority: important
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 316
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.11+dfsg-5ubuntu1
Replaces: cpio-mt
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17)
Suggests: libarchive1
Conflicts: cpio-mt, mt-st (<< 0.6)
Filename: pool/main/c/cpio/cpio_2.11+dfsg-5ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 74770
MD5sum: 6e0a63ea5a03b5a31e082a88f59e6512
SHA1: 3062916426381f2f41872e74aae03548d7e11bf2
SHA256: 826ee7fde5bd18b34e0bc5e5c1facf3cf5c10b2337f309d4ced311d92857f9e0
Description-en: GNU cpio -- a program to manage archives of files
GNU cpio is a tool for creating and extracting archives, or copying
files from one place to another. It handles a number of cpio formats
as well as reading and writing tar files.
Description-md5: 5f492bf139a41f29fd2d6fcadf43606e
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/cpio/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: minimal, ubuntu-sdk