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

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "dist" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install dist on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall dist on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: dist
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 2668
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Manoj Srivastava
Architecture: all
Version: 1:3.5-36.0001-2
Depends: perl, debconf (>= 1.2.0) | debconf-2.0, libperl4-corelibs-perl | perl (<< 5.12.3-7)
Filename: pool/universe/d/dist/dist_3.5-36.0001-2_all.deb
Size: 458344
MD5sum: 17397f9015c521f8ba15b91b8e6ce4ae
SHA1: c56d31e321fdece766499cc3428aed5f6a719599
SHA256: cb386f8a619ff3648450f824543a91d05a327e19660172ffe6f0466991537501
Description-en: Tools for developing, maintaining and distributing software
The dist package is a set of tools meant to ease the construction
and maintenance of portable software.
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The first component is the Configure script generator, metaconfig, which
automatically builds the Configure script from your sources. Ideally,
the end-user receiving your source code will simply have to read
your README file, run the Configure script (which is self-documented),
and then run make.
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The second component is the Makefile.SH generator, which is a generic
configured Makefile, reusing some of the information figured out
by Configure, and a generic Jmakefile description.
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The third component is the RCS aware package generator, which is
used when it's time to build up the shell archives used to distribute
your program.
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The fourth and latest component is the patch generator, used to
make updates of your sources, which can later be applied on the
original distribution by using the patch program.
Description-md5: 5f28860f0dcfbb834e3b056d01d91d83
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu