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

Last updated: November 07,2024

1. Install "fakeroot" package

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


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

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


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

Package: fakeroot
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 256
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Clint Adams
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.20.2-1ubuntu1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libfakeroot (>= 1.20.2-1ubuntu1)
Filename: pool/main/f/fakeroot/fakeroot_1.20.2-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 61784
MD5sum: b153b1ed316419be55f3f575c092e73b
SHA1: 02d444b12e74511c94ba9f97f7ef92042de843a6
SHA256: d2b1cb1f69c4aacf61bc031f897d3eca907b25be1a7a91bd6ada190eeb530952
Description-en: tool for simulating superuser privileges
fakeroot provides a fake "root environment" by means of LD_PRELOAD and
SysV IPC (or TCP) trickery. It puts wrappers around getuid(), chown(),
stat(), and other file-manipulation functions, so that unprivileged
users can (for instance) populate .deb archives with root-owned files;
various build tools use fakeroot for this by default.
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This package contains fakeroot command and the daemon that remembers
fake ownership/permissions of files manipulated by fakeroot
processes.
Description-md5: db2730aa4872dbe27ff20c4aad3c5429
Multi-Arch: foreign
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, ubuntustudio-audio, ubuntu-sdk, ubuntukylin-desktop