How to Install and Uninstall dpkg-cross Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 08,2024

1. Install "dpkg-cross" package

Learn how to install dpkg-cross on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                dpkg-cross
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "dpkg-cross" package

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


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

Package: dpkg-cross
Priority: extra
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 203
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Embedded Group
Architecture: all
Version: 2.6.13ubuntu1
Depends: perl, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, dpkg-dev (>= 1.14.7), libconfig-auto-perl, libdebian-dpkgcross-perl (= 2.6.13ubuntu1)
Recommends: fakeroot
Suggests: binutils-multiarch
Breaks: debhelper (<< 8.1.2~)
Filename: pool/main/d/dpkg-cross/dpkg-cross_2.6.13ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 36676
MD5sum: b63953195feca6237abc3ccb791600cb
SHA1: 31a0699b7a270a900f9d55547bc3c1e20910d3a1
SHA256: 15e20a77c05f720b1353966f49b7b5ef3badae121db374adb3ba387d9a1d7610
Description-en: tools for cross compiling Debian packages
dpkg-cross is a tool for installing libraries and headers from
packages which have not been converted for Multi-Arch to support
cross compiling.
Description-md5: 9d0bf8c2e94aac7ec8ba6d07b4e081b7
Homepage: http://dpkg-cross.alioth.debian.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m