How to Install and Uninstall dctrl-tools Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: April 26,2024

1. Install "dctrl-tools" package

Learn how to install dctrl-tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                dctrl-tools
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "dctrl-tools" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall dctrl-tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: dctrl-tools
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 276
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: dctrl-tools developers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.24-2
Replaces: grep-dctrl
Provides: grep-dctrl
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Suggests: apt, debtags
Conflicts: grep-dctrl
Filename: pool/main/d/dctrl-tools/dctrl-tools_2.24-2_amd64.deb
Size: 59128
MD5sum: 44621a8cee7d25949f06358395fa11a2
SHA1: bd433adb724d7f9e19492b60604603881bb6b42b
SHA256: 65eac83d40a50c633bb8c4c978d9c371a221e8f096802fa9c936066289a1f06d
Description-en: Command-line tools to process Debian package information
Debian package information is generally stored in files having a
special file format, dubbed the Debian control file format (the dctrl
format), a special case of the record jar file format. These tools
operate on any files conforming in a general sense to that format and
are therefore widely applicable whenever those formats are in play.
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Included are:
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grep-dctrl - Grep dctrl-format files
grep-available - Grep the DPKG available database
grep-status - Grep the DPKG status database
grep-aptavail - Grep the APT available database
grep-debtags - Grep the Debtags package database
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sort-dctrl - Sort dctrl-format files
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tbl-dctrl - Tabulate dctrl-format files
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sync-available - Sync the dpkg available database with
the apt database
Description-md5: 2be4fae2cb5697a030eba7e7ef050401
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/ajkaijanaho/dctrl-tools
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-sdk