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

Last updated: April 19,2024

1. Install "debootstrap" package

This tutorial shows how to install debootstrap on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


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

Package: debootstrap
Architecture: all
Version: 1.0.78+nmu1ubuntu1.13
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Install System Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 263
Depends: wget
Recommends: gnupg, ubuntu-keyring
Filename: pool/main/d/debootstrap/debootstrap_1.0.78+nmu1ubuntu1.13_all.deb
Size: 36842
MD5sum: 29e2acca27dd2d8e4dbfabd746ba98c4
SHA1: 51b6d8e167a2c81a4d8e4f438065b042ac25ae11
SHA256: 16b1ba557662f67e2e536e8044aca37aa518578fc6548c2d74395f9b17cda610
SHA512: c631eeb9c3adb798fe21cccf9c5a87aae4b91b328a68e5da1e1cf0092a2f2719336853b65bcc25b1ac4b961f82fc156c0b10c29153c246229e159f41e84aa093
Description-en: Bootstrap a basic Debian system
debootstrap is used to create a Debian base system from scratch,
without requiring the availability of dpkg or apt. It does this by
downloading .deb files from a mirror site, and carefully unpacking them
into a directory which can eventually be chrooted into.
Description-md5: 883a8efb3ed16248b0d2091d9c0b60c9
Task: ubuntu-sdk
Supported: 5y

Package: debootstrap
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 249
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Install System Team
Architecture: all
Version: 1.0.78+nmu1ubuntu1
Depends: wget
Recommends: gnupg, ubuntu-keyring
Filename: pool/main/d/debootstrap/debootstrap_1.0.78+nmu1ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 37794
MD5sum: 991e8b5ac5453c3ad2e9b77eec225c8d
SHA1: ea742145d9ec198818e0bd283dede71407560dd2
SHA256: 92e4e8479b5c4adbe9f36ed68502df5483be211d27c5118fc3518376d138b825
Description-en: Bootstrap a basic Debian system
debootstrap is used to create a Debian base system from scratch,
without requiring the availability of dpkg or apt. It does this by
downloading .deb files from a mirror site, and carefully unpacking them
into a directory which can eventually be chrooted into.
Description-md5: 883a8efb3ed16248b0d2091d9c0b60c9
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-sdk