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

Last updated: November 10,2024

1. Install "fakeroot-ng" package

Please follow the steps below to install fakeroot-ng on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall fakeroot-ng on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: fakeroot-ng
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 166
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Shachar Shemesh
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.18-4
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libstdc++6 (>= 4.8)
Filename: pool/universe/f/fakeroot-ng/fakeroot-ng_0.18-4_amd64.deb
Size: 55758
MD5sum: d1947d5506b30474e1b7036dd2eddb38
SHA1: c353acf41d177714a4dd4d8f233d390c6b9da8bb
SHA256: 726a922097724906d3ace908c0afa4b77be51d88c9eb1a74c1cf36a931026f9a
Description-en: Gives a fake root environment
This is a clean reimplementation of the fakeroot command. Just like it,
anything run within the fake root command will assume it is running as root.
Unlike it, fakeroot-ng is not based on LD_PRELOAD but on ptrace.
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The practical upshot of this is that the technology supports intercepting the
"open" system call. In particular, this allows simulating the "chroot" command
reliably.
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Another important difference is that fakeroot-ng can fool applications that do
not perform system calls through glibc, such as statically linked executables
and programs written in some non-C languages (like the latest Sun JDK).
Description-md5: 7eafa938299f0f29f51b702690fd5b0e
Homepage: http://fakeroot-ng.lingnu.com
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu