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

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "dlocate" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install dlocate on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall dlocate on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: dlocate
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 107
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Craig Sanders
Architecture: all
Version: 1.02+nmu3
Depends: dctrl-tools | grep-dctrl (>= 0.11), dpkg (>= 1.8.0), perl
Filename: pool/universe/d/dlocate/dlocate_1.02+nmu3_all.deb
Size: 18488
MD5sum: 6fb1559f792450e928791fd1004eabc6
SHA1: 48c760da509de9cb44c9f54bb360c1cd335c453e
SHA256: 54db0622b2ef52605419d45a789ec8874ebcff2133ba52ba45abc24e82a97b57
Description-en: fast alternative to dpkg -L and dpkg -S
Uses GNU grep and text dumps of dpkg's data to greatly speed up finding out which
package a file belongs to (i.e. a very fast dpkg -S). Many other uses,
including options to view all files in a package, calculate disk space
used, view and check md5sums, list man pages, etc.
Description-md5: c871b6b90f7a8ceb0f704fb90fe4db2a
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu