How to Install and Uninstall dracut-core Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "dracut-core" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                dracut-core
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "dracut-core" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall dracut-core on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: dracut-core
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 1036
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Thomas Lange
Architecture: amd64
Source: dracut
Version: 044+3-3
Replaces: dracut (<< 044+3-2~), dracut-network (<< 043-2)
Depends: cpio, kmod, udev, kpartx, console-setup, util-linux (>= 2.20), pkg-config, libc6 (>= 2.14)
Recommends: cryptsetup, dmsetup, dmraid, lvm2, mdadm
Breaks: dracut (<< 044+3-2~), dracut-network (<< 043-2)
Filename: pool/universe/d/dracut/dracut-core_044+3-3_amd64.deb
Size: 223106
MD5sum: cb05297fc86fa4742f5133c1130a0276
SHA1: 5f2aadc5008170b6a936e2564fc511ad952e79c2
SHA256: ecceae2d7f2b1d5ff001e7899313e1c1dbd7c4eb0858a202eedbf565e664d450
Description-en: Low-level tool for generating an initramfs image (core tools)
Unlike existing initramfs's, this is an attempt at having as little as
possible hard-coded into the initramfs as possible. The initramfs has
(basically) one purpose in life -- getting the rootfs mounted so that
we can transition to the real rootfs. This is all driven off of
device availability. Therefore, instead of scripts hard-coded to do
various things, we depend on udev to create device nodes for us and
then when we have the rootfs's device node, we mount and carry on.
Having the root on MD, LVM2, LUKS is supported as well as NFS, iSCSI,
NBD and FCOE with dracut-network.
Description-md5: 98024a77845fcbe63b4aa34393838029
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/dracut/dracut.html
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu