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

Last updated: May 03,2024

1. Install "debconf" package

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


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall debconf on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: debconf
Architecture: all
Version: 1.5.58ubuntu2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: required
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Colin Watson
Original-Maintainer: Debconf Developers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 547
Provides: debconf-2.0
Pre-Depends: perl-base (>= 5.6.1-4)
Recommends: apt-utils (>= 0.5.1), debconf-i18n
Suggests: debconf-doc, debconf-utils, whiptail | dialog, libterm-readline-gnu-perl, libgtk2-perl (>= 1:1.130), libnet-ldap-perl, perl, libqtgui4-perl, libqtcore4-perl
Conflicts: apt (<< 0.3.12.1), cdebconf (<< 0.96), debconf-tiny, debconf-utils (<< 1.3.22), dialog (<< 0.9b-20020814-1), menu (<= 2.1.3-1), whiptail (<< 0.51.4-11), whiptail-utf8 (<= 0.50.17-13)
Replaces: debconf-tiny
Filename: pool/main/d/debconf/debconf_1.5.58ubuntu2_all.deb
Size: 135632
MD5sum: 61f10de6aaf8c3465a18babc7ccd7266
SHA1: 317d621d97899fc7eadc22d237074f91fd847cf4
SHA256: 29302bef7aba8076993f75baaded85001b0f9c7586e2357af837b50494f3e606
SHA512: c7a558d733186fc2f8a3331d44b2488ce9650a3307d4b75418f8c357395391f9035fc3da1ff07ff7827a21743d017ec321751b5fbf381200b8855e04b16da801
Description-en: Debian configuration management system
Debconf is a configuration management system for debian packages. Packages
use Debconf to ask questions when they are installed.
Description-md5: 85b82bf406dfc9a635114f44ab7fb66d
Task: minimal
Supported: 5y

Package: debconf
Priority: required
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 547
Maintainer: Colin Watson
Original-Maintainer: Debconf Developers
Architecture: all
Version: 1.5.58ubuntu1
Replaces: debconf-tiny
Provides: debconf-2.0
Pre-Depends: perl-base (>= 5.6.1-4)
Recommends: apt-utils (>= 0.5.1), debconf-i18n
Suggests: debconf-doc, debconf-utils, whiptail | dialog, libterm-readline-gnu-perl, libgtk2-perl (>= 1:1.130), libnet-ldap-perl, perl, libqtgui4-perl, libqtcore4-perl
Conflicts: apt (<< 0.3.12.1), cdebconf (<< 0.96), debconf-tiny, debconf-utils (<< 1.3.22), dialog (<< 0.9b-20020814-1), menu (<= 2.1.3-1), whiptail (<< 0.51.4-11), whiptail-utf8 (<= 0.50.17-13)
Filename: pool/main/d/debconf/debconf_1.5.58ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 135848
MD5sum: 0cd4b75b7a410fcd5c02d3c8dcfca632
SHA1: d64dae033d71495c1f8dc43bcd476702b829a119
SHA256: d97962e9a9caa1d83152dbb7103f1dd8c63d186bc0aaf9c2079d819b04acfd4a
Description-en: Debian configuration management system
Debconf is a configuration management system for debian packages. Packages
use Debconf to ask questions when they are installed.
Description-md5: 85b82bf406dfc9a635114f44ab7fb66d
Multi-Arch: foreign
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: minimal