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

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "dpkg-repack" package

This guide let you learn how to install dpkg-repack on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall dpkg-repack on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: dpkg-repack
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 55
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Dpkg Developers
Architecture: all
Version: 1.41
Depends: perl
Filename: pool/main/d/dpkg-repack/dpkg-repack_1.41_all.deb
Size: 9460
MD5sum: db4192366a4189832fa8d4ca2488e9f2
SHA1: 9b32422bf3d5d3c81750258c563a141115e323b8
SHA256: e99323b515508c6fde8f21834a97546041b907785075c03c00011bb3f6112620
Description-en: Debian package archiving tool
dpkg-repack creates a .deb file out of a package that has already been
installed. If any changes have been made to the package while it was
unpacked (i.e. files in /etc were modified), the new package will inherit
the changes.
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This utility can make it easy to copy packages from one computer to another,
or to recreate packages that are installed on your system, but no longer
available elsewhere, or to store the current state of a package before you
upgrade it.
Description-md5: 9ad024e47d8adae3ff4150677e33d20e
Homepage: https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Dpkg
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-live, ubuntu-usb-live, kubuntu-live, edubuntu-live, edubuntu-usb-live, xubuntu-live, mythbuntu-live, lubuntu-live, ubuntustudio-live, ubuntustudio-dvd-live, ubuntu-gnome-live, ubuntukylin-live, ubuntu-mate-live