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

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "faketime" package

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


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

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


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

Package: faketime
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 59
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Daniel Kahn Gillmor
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.9.6-4
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libfaketime (= 0.9.6-4)
Pre-Depends: multiarch-support
Filename: pool/universe/f/faketime/faketime_0.9.6-4_amd64.deb
Size: 9596
MD5sum: 5fd1b5a5b6d01db2b5acd050206dacdd
SHA1: 3ea0c3f9c5f4471cc11536a3be932ce356e5878e
SHA256: bf1fa3be3e24e140e80affe6ac101b7c196e99ed6bfb8d51684ad4781564e78f
Description-en: report faked system time to programs
The Fake Time Preload Library (FTPL, a.k.a. libfaketime) intercepts
various system calls which programs use to retrieve the current date
and time. It can then report faked dates and times (as specified by
you, the user) to these programs. This means you can modify the
system time a program sees without having to change the time
system-wide. FTPL allows you to specify both absolute dates (e.g.,
2004-01-01) and relative dates (e.g., 10 days ago).
Description-md5: 9230deac6c49626e80400467f9098477
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.code-wizards.com/projects/libfaketime/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Task: edubuntu-desktop-gnome