How to Install and Uninstall cruft-common Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "cruft-common" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                cruft-common
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "cruft-common" package

Learn how to uninstall cruft-common on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: cruft-common
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 454
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Alexandre Detiste
Architecture: all
Source: cruft
Version: 0.9.25
Replaces: cruft (<< 0.9.20)
Breaks: cruft (<< 0.9.24)
Filename: pool/universe/c/cruft/cruft-common_0.9.25_all.deb
Size: 83500
MD5sum: 90a59f47f3bd67ec189dfa72af41c2aa
SHA1: eeec6b19a711567b456e66f7e0e746075c3baff5
SHA256: 8e5b360976afdefacfa40b0de6b18f20ef7daa955014f862427e7eed7f2a9ce6
Description-en: information database shared by cruft & cruft-ng
cruft & cruft-ng are programs to look over your system for anything
that shouldn't be there, but is; or for anything that should be there,
but isn't.
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This package contain extra information about packages
that are not avaible in Debian standard packages information
repositories like dpkg, alternatives, diversions, ...
Description-md5: d9913a0aa6d097994f23050d21b9b21c
Homepage: http://alioth.debian.org/projects/cruft/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu