How to Install and Uninstall file-roller Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "file-roller" package

This tutorial shows how to install file-roller on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                file-roller
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "file-roller" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall file-roller on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: file-roller
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.16.5-0ubuntu1.5
Priority: optional
Section: gnome
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1960
Depends: bzip2, unzip, zip, dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend, libarchive13, libc6 (>= 2.14), libcairo2 (>= 1.4.10), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.13.2), libjson-glib-1.0-0 (>= 0.12.0), libmagic1 (>= 5.12), libnautilus-extension1a (>= 1:2.91), libnotify4 (>= 0.7.0), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0)
Recommends: adwaita-icon-theme, gvfs, sessioninstaller, yelp
Suggests: arj, lha, lzip, lzma, lzop, ncompress, p7zip-full, rpm2cpio, rzip, sharutils, squashfs-tools, unace, unalz, unar, xz-utils, zoo
Filename: pool/main/f/file-roller/file-roller_3.16.5-0ubuntu1.5_amd64.deb
Size: 303614
MD5sum: e3f9112d1148e2519d4174f6ab3fc8b8
SHA1: 761a28b55f4968046bcc6d0979ff69aeb5ef81f0
SHA256: 5ff4171e8d0914cea4c9484b2d9d64b85873e38e4d14ad3e76e9aa9276bc97f2
SHA512: 317a286cbb9dba3064ab077019c598be9bc12c6bde64844b83740d81a1e48aeabea86036f9e83dc6c09fdbe8e56b1622e69f07d88f90951c7e3bf031a5797dd3
Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/FileRoller
Description-en: archive manager for GNOME
File-roller is an archive manager for the GNOME environment. It allows you to:
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* Create and modify archives.
* View the content of an archive.
* View a file contained in an archive.
* Extract files from the archive.
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File-roller supports the following formats:
* Tar (.tar) archives, including those compressed with
gzip (.tar.gz, .tgz), bzip (.tar.bz, .tbz), bzip2 (.tar.bz2, .tbz2),
compress (.tar.Z, .taz), lzip (.tar.lz, .tlz), lzop (.tar.lzo, .tzo),
lzma (.tar.lzma) and xz (.tar.xz)
* Zip archives (.zip)
* Jar archives (.jar, .ear, .war)
* 7z archives (.7z)
* iso9660 CD images (.iso)
* Lha archives (.lzh)
* Archiver archives (.ar)
* Comic book archives (.cbz)
* Single files compressed with gzip (.gz), bzip (.bz), bzip2 (.bz2),
compress (.Z), lzip (.lz), lzop (.lzo), lzma (.lzma) and xz (.xz)
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File-roller can extract following formats:
* Cabinet archives (.cab)
* Debian binary packages (.deb)
* Xar archives (.xar)
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File-roller doesn't perform archive operations by itself, but relies on
standard tools for this.
Description-md5: 38d3e4bf80de5287311da5585810d3db
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop
Supported: 5y

Package: file-roller
Priority: optional
Section: gnome
Installed-Size: 1952
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.16.4-1ubuntu3
Depends: bzip2, unzip, zip, dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend, libarchive13, libc6 (>= 2.14), libcairo2 (>= 1.4.10), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.13.2), libjson-glib-1.0-0 (>= 0.12.0), libmagic1 (>= 5.12), libnautilus-extension1a (>= 1:2.91), libnotify4 (>= 0.7.0), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0)
Recommends: adwaita-icon-theme, gvfs, sessioninstaller, yelp
Suggests: arj, lha, lzip, lzma, lzop, ncompress, p7zip-full, rpm2cpio, rzip, sharutils, unace, unalz, unar, xz-utils, zoo
Filename: pool/main/f/file-roller/file-roller_3.16.4-1ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 302400
MD5sum: 0f69507a2221668aad296330a8d83759
SHA1: ea8437eee68c3d0634eb58e0d834dbc6989c885a
SHA256: 0b84f99202822548dcce0fb936ee3a47803ce691372d71fb14e59c0a7f35fb3d
Description-en: archive manager for GNOME
File-roller is an archive manager for the GNOME environment. It allows you to:
.
* Create and modify archives.
* View the content of an archive.
* View a file contained in an archive.
* Extract files from the archive.
.
File-roller supports the following formats:
* Tar (.tar) archives, including those compressed with
gzip (.tar.gz, .tgz), bzip (.tar.bz, .tbz), bzip2 (.tar.bz2, .tbz2),
compress (.tar.Z, .taz), lzip (.tar.lz, .tlz), lzop (.tar.lzo, .tzo),
lzma (.tar.lzma) and xz (.tar.xz)
* Zip archives (.zip)
* Jar archives (.jar, .ear, .war)
* 7z archives (.7z)
* iso9660 CD images (.iso)
* Lha archives (.lzh)
* Archiver archives (.ar)
* Comic book archives (.cbz)
* Single files compressed with gzip (.gz), bzip (.bz), bzip2 (.bz2),
compress (.Z), lzip (.lz), lzop (.lzo), lzma (.lzma) and xz (.xz)
.
File-roller can extract following formats:
* Cabinet archives (.cab)
* Debian binary packages (.deb)
* Xar archives (.xar)
.
File-roller doesn't perform archive operations by itself, but relies on
standard tools for this.
Description-md5: 38d3e4bf80de5287311da5585810d3db
Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/FileRoller
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop