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

Last updated: May 03,2024

1. Install "execstack" package

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


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall execstack on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: execstack
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 224
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Geoffrey Thomas
Architecture: amd64
Source: prelink
Version: 0.0.20130503-1.1
Replaces: prelink
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libelf1 (>= 0.131), libselinux1 (>= 1.32)
Conflicts: prelink (<< 0.0.20090311-2)
Filename: pool/universe/p/prelink/execstack_0.0.20130503-1.1_amd64.deb
Size: 72320
MD5sum: 8c590adf2c8f58713eb4c8f18db338a4
SHA1: ddbb99fbc5c556cceeecccd2571b41f3cf099dcd
SHA256: c6f21c7d668bf9e241525ec81ca949e93b189a2e6ba845b328b9646d6c5f2d3a
Description-en: ELF GNU_STACK program header editing utility
The execstack package contains a utility which modifies (or adds) the
GNU_STACK program header to ELF binaries, and allows changing the executable
flag.
Description-md5: b4977f65448ec7a7e1fca51450d83efb
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu