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

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "drush" package

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


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

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


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

Package: drush
Priority: optional
Section: universe/php
Installed-Size: 1351
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Antoine Beaupré
Architecture: all
Version: 5.10.0-2ubuntu1
Replaces: drush-make
Depends: php-cli (>= 5.2), php-console-table
Recommends: wget | curl, php-mysql | php-pgsql
Suggests: git, mysql-client, drupal7
Conflicts: drush-make
Filename: pool/universe/d/drush/drush_5.10.0-2ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 276152
MD5sum: 01cfab3d36d9587b167362bd7b6fbffd
SHA1: 2829c04b5e2fcd7444c369e1a3f9e38d2d8f099b
SHA256: 879dd39e8b98a5223153a4676e8a9ff7b1557e7b8e3065e769f10892573ea256
Description-en: command line shell and Unix scripting interface for Drupal
drush is a command line shell and Unix scripting interface for
Drupal, a veritable Swiss Army knife designed to make life easier for
Drupal power users who spend a lot of time hacking away at the
command prompt.
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Drush core ships with lots of useful commands for interacting with code
like modules/themes/profiles. Similarly, it runs update.php, executes
sql queries and DB migrations, and misc utilities like run cron or clear
cache.
Description-md5: f214a99cd80e8cf3e51fdbd339226c0e
Homepage: https://github.com/drush-ops/drush
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu