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

Last updated: October 06,2024

1. Install "debfoster" package

Learn how to install debfoster on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall debfoster on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: debfoster
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 237
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: debfoster Maintainer Team
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.7-2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgc1c2 (>= 1:7.2d)
Recommends: apt
Filename: pool/universe/d/debfoster/debfoster_2.7-2_amd64.deb
Size: 36306
MD5sum: b190bc52c28328617ee508ac8c3b8845
SHA1: 6bd136c37a4a7ea4517490e80fa83834e7364ec1
SHA256: c8f7a9e49f8045bed9d2f414a59d6dfaaa27b2a431884b362d4d108646752f15
Description-en: Install only wanted Debian packages
debfoster is a wrapper program for apt and dpkg. When first run, it
will ask you which of the installed packages you want to keep
installed.
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After that, it maintains a list of packages that you want to have
installed on your system. It uses this list to detect packages that
have been installed only because other packages depended on them. If
one of these dependencies changes, debfoster will take notice, and
ask if you want to remove the old package.
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This helps you to maintain a clean Debian install, without old
(mainly library) packages lying around that aren't used any more.
Description-md5: 9bf8b8d8c4c96717b0e5896dcb391641
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu