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

Last updated: February 03,2025

1. Install "dpkg-dev-el" package

This is a short guide on how to install dpkg-dev-el on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                dpkg-dev-el
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "dpkg-dev-el" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall dpkg-dev-el 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-dev-el package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: dpkg-dev-el
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 232
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Peter S Galbraith
Architecture: all
Source: emacs-goodies-el
Version: 35.12ubuntu2
Depends: emacs | emacsen, debian-el (>= 33.2)
Recommends: wget
Suggests: dpkg-dev
Conflicts: dpkg-dev (<< 1.7.2)
Filename: pool/universe/e/emacs-goodies-el/dpkg-dev-el_35.12ubuntu2_all.deb
Size: 37090
MD5sum: 2eaa7505f9b7b41207d959762a53953a
SHA1: cbee08268ae3956a4f17c600f1276b24eed84278
SHA256: 3b3479e0949977c18bf81d46ab2e608cd190bb79e1d684a11980cf11e11999a4
Description-en: Emacs helpers specific to Debian development
This package contains:
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debian-bts-control - builds [email protected] email messages;
debian-changelog-mode - a helper mode for Debian changelogs;
debian-control-mode - a helper mode for debian/control files;
debian-copyright - major mode for Debian package copyright files;
readme-debian - major mode for editing README.Debian files.
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See /usr/share/doc/dpkg-dev-el/README.Debian for a short description of
all files.
Description-md5: 2ec8a72379b573650e86fa68f42215b8
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu