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

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "debianutils" package

Please follow the steps below to install debianutils on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall debianutils on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: debianutils
Essential: yes
Priority: required
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 213
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Clint Adams
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.7
Replaces: manpages-pl (<< 1:0.5)
Depends: sensible-utils
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15)
Filename: pool/main/d/debianutils/debianutils_4.7_amd64.deb
Size: 85428
MD5sum: 3e6edbae0f11150b1cf061234c972c04
SHA1: def7253373af1617bc3f08e56007d63db5e18fbb
SHA256: 827d56710cd5259395d9e5c30a5e0fddd831172a76b7f9c4847fc5461c79154f
Description-en: Miscellaneous utilities specific to Debian
This package provides a number of small utilities which are used
primarily by the installation scripts of Debian packages, although
you may use them directly.
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The specific utilities included are:
add-shell installkernel ischroot remove-shell run-parts savelog
tempfile which
Description-md5: ccafef5bb90a2453aecca96cbb772d23
Multi-Arch: foreign
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: minimal