How to Install and Uninstall fake-hwclock Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "fake-hwclock" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                fake-hwclock
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "fake-hwclock" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall fake-hwclock on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: fake-hwclock
Priority: extra
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 73
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Steve McIntyre <[email protected]>
Architecture: all
Version: 0.9
Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~)
Suggests: cron | cron-daemon, ntp
Filename: pool/universe/f/fake-hwclock/fake-hwclock_0.9_all.deb
Size: 6756
MD5sum: 8943abe4c3d46d56ba139179b4a022fa
SHA1: be30663e263ba6a70129ea8fc8bbc9fa8dfb199a
SHA256: 4e72b483b60f0f4e8f6bd0a02bd04050b2eabc81d319b3c4df6e23af8c179692
Description-en: Save/restore system clock on machines without working RTC hardware
Some machines don't have a working realtime clock (RTC) unit, or no
driver for the hardware that does exist. fake-hwclock is a simple set
of scripts to save the kernel's current clock periodically (including
at shutdown) and restore it at boot so that the system clock keeps at
least close to realtime. This will stop some of the problems that may
be caused by a system believing it has travelled in time back to
1970, such as needing to perform filesystem checks at every boot.
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On top of this, use of NTP is still recommended to deal with the fake
clock "drifting" while the hardware is halted or rebooting.
Description-md5: ac2c87ffee999d93855a0d038bd06be6
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu