How to Install and Uninstall device-tree-compiler Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "device-tree-compiler" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install device-tree-compiler on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "device-tree-compiler" package

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


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

Package: device-tree-compiler
Priority: extra
Section: devel
Installed-Size: 510
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Hector Oron
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.4.0+dfsg-2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/main/d/device-tree-compiler/device-tree-compiler_1.4.0+dfsg-2_amd64.deb
Size: 356316
MD5sum: 44664508fa611e6eb34a92914748c998
SHA1: e08e9704c9ed6d251b02fbcde6c928de910eb122
SHA256: 8805ab54e9482374aa5b9e0cd912d8cc87c3592fde3f6685ad0135fbd99e0676
Description-en: Device Tree Compiler for Flat Device Trees
Device Tree Compiler, dtc, takes as input a device-tree in
a given format and outputs a device-tree in another format
for booting kernels on embedded systems.
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Typically, the input format is "dts", a human readable source
format, and creates a "dtb", or binary format as output.
Description-md5: c14bd2aee94155eab7033dce0d089d26
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/utils/dtc/dtc.git
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y