How to Install and Uninstall dell-recovery Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "dell-recovery" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install dell-recovery on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install dell-recovery

2. Uninstall "dell-recovery" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall dell-recovery on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove dell-recovery $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the dell-recovery package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: dell-recovery
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 1795
Maintainer: Mario Limonciello
Original-Maintainer: Mario Limonciello
Architecture: all
Version: 1.48
Replaces: dell-artwork, dell-oobe
Depends: python3:any (>= 3.3.2-2~), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, python3-dbus, python3-apt, gir1.2-gtk-3.0, policykit-1, uuid-runtime, udisks2, policykit-1-gnome, xorriso, syslinux, dpkg-repack, python-gobject (>= 2.28), python-debian, lzma | xz-utils (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614-1) | xz-lzma, fonts-dejavu-core, smartmontools
Recommends: usb-creator-gtk, wodim, dvd+rw-tools, lsb-release, python-aptdaemon.gtk3widgets, parted, python3-progressbar
Suggests: grub-pc
Conflicts: dell-oobe
Filename: pool/universe/d/dell-recovery/dell-recovery_1.48_all.deb
Size: 955768
MD5sum: 9e840da0b1f5e2a149059591c7acf67e
SHA1: 97eca84bee7890c0eed0329872d8a7d2e5430071
SHA256: 052c0a76ebe14ba039f78242ff7688b508eabebce22cdf704e7ed8dc332cfcd6
Description-en: Dell Recovery Media Creation Package
This package is used to produce a Dell recovery media image.
It then uses known open source tools to write the image to
a USB flash drive or DVD writer.
Description-md5: 42be76afc331cd3cc7ef90ec310f8dad
Enhances: oem-config-gtk, ubiquity-frontend-gtk
Homepage: http://linux.dell.com/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu