How to Install and Uninstall distro-info Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "distro-info" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                distro-info
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "distro-info" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall distro-info on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: distro-info
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.18~ubuntu16.04.1
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Benjamin Drung
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 90
Depends: distro-info-data (>= 0.7~), libc6 (>= 2.7)
Suggests: shunit2 (>= 2.1.6)
Breaks: ubuntu-dev-tools (<< 0.133~)
Replaces: ubuntu-dev-tools (<< 0.127~)
Filename: pool/main/d/distro-info/distro-info_0.18~ubuntu16.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 20006
MD5sum: f568faa2c3e7e99225de5160a96b7555
SHA1: f7d720229669ddc261823f50a31d797cfbb3fd91
SHA256: 76e50d033cbbdc3578163a8ea3e2a0898a3c7e4b16c55b7da41de88202c1c125
SHA512: 397f9a1fe85d21c593e607f665469e2fb63a631b2244a3d460c2664d7c141a75a3389626ce99537d5274aa38615f1b80704151239465002b78b506cc6d470676
Description-en: provides information about the distributions' releases
Information about all releases of Debian and Ubuntu. The distro-info script
will give you the codename for e.g. the latest stable release of your
distribution. To get information about a specific distribution there are the
debian-distro-info and the ubuntu-distro-info scripts.
Description-md5: 5671943e370fd3dd7449d885e6363cee
Task: ubuntu-sdk
Supported: 5y

Package: distro-info
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.14ubuntu0.2
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Benjamin Drung
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 90
Depends: distro-info-data (>= 0.28ubuntu0.10), libc6 (>= 2.7)
Suggests: shunit2 (>= 2.1.6)
Breaks: ubuntu-dev-tools (<< 0.133~)
Replaces: ubuntu-dev-tools (<< 0.127~)
Filename: pool/main/d/distro-info/distro-info_0.14ubuntu0.2_amd64.deb
Size: 20138
MD5sum: 271740003bc34cb6fbabd3d08ea34929
SHA1: 28ea99b9e9d4cd9215e741c14355dc277c77f499
SHA256: 25e686cce5485b18ce9cb3906ccb2a6e2d81cc06b6e6ffef023c2599594ec677
SHA512: 1100a16c77c7de1497c780686530c0b24b0a50cb2bf15a4283c1a874cfafabd587920db5f8b0dbe080d6e0199bec39abf7931a07b4b4cfca771df98575814f44
Description-en: provides information about the distributions' releases
Information about all releases of Debian and Ubuntu. The distro-info script
will give you the codename for e.g. the latest stable release of your
distribution. To get information about a specific distribution there are the
debian-distro-info and the ubuntu-distro-info scripts.
Description-md5: 5671943e370fd3dd7449d885e6363cee
Task: ubuntu-sdk
Supported: 5y

Package: distro-info
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Installed-Size: 113
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Benjamin Drung
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.14build1
Replaces: ubuntu-dev-tools (<< 0.127~)
Depends: distro-info-data (>= 0.7~), libc6 (>= 2.7)
Suggests: shunit2 (>= 2.1.6)
Breaks: ubuntu-dev-tools (<< 0.133~)
Filename: pool/main/d/distro-info/distro-info_0.14build1_amd64.deb
Size: 20020
MD5sum: 6eb059fe6fdd41209ee358d6eb287900
SHA1: 1d667e30d31af8d2aa1f235d2419408aab1827c7
SHA256: 90a89f2d788fa71e585d31664735b42fb0d4391e6a1b1818b1c98aa0a1e935db
Description-en: provides information about the distributions' releases
Information about all releases of Debian and Ubuntu. The distro-info script
will give you the codename for e.g. the latest stable release of your
distribution. To get information about a specific distribution there are the
debian-distro-info and the ubuntu-distro-info scripts.
Description-md5: 5671943e370fd3dd7449d885e6363cee
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-sdk