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

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "equivs" package

Learn how to install equivs on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


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

Package: equivs
Priority: extra
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 54
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Peter Samuelson
Architecture: all
Version: 2.0.9+nmu1
Depends: perl, debhelper, dpkg-dev, make, fakeroot
Filename: pool/universe/e/equivs/equivs_2.0.9+nmu1_all.deb
Size: 17674
MD5sum: aee27c9bd3bc509726448f4579493dd5
SHA1: d5bc9a6509c6f771fe1c2dbedc2c18f9f2887e94
SHA256: df2f0dbed8a239c434ee231345fdd7c7013aa6e34c87123c421a96ec5e3f6f72
Description-en: Circumvent Debian package dependencies
This package provides a tool to create trivial Debian packages.
Typically these packages contain only dependency information, but they
can also include normal installed files like other packages do.
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One use for this is to create a metapackage: a package whose sole
purpose is to declare dependencies and conflicts on other packages so
that these will be automatically installed, upgraded, or removed.
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Another use is to circumvent dependency checking: by letting dpkg
think a particular package name and version is installed when it
isn't, you can work around bugs in other packages' dependencies.
(Please do still file such bugs, though.)
Description-md5: eecadd6e89bb6f575d54f8f256a154aa
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu