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

Last updated: May 02,2024

1. Install "findutils" package

This is a short guide on how to install findutils on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


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

Package: findutils
Essential: yes
Priority: required
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 560
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Andreas Metzler
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.6.0+git+20160126-2
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libselinux1 (>= 1.32)
Suggests: mlocate | locate
Conflicts: debconf (<< 1.5.50)
Breaks: binstats (<< 1.08-8.1), debhelper (<< 9.20130504), guilt (<< 0.36-0.2), kernel-package (<< 13.000), libpython3.4-minimal (<< 3.4.4-2), libpython3.5-minimal (<< 3.5.1-3), lsat (<< 0.9.7.1-2.1), mc (<< 3:4.8.11-1), sendmail (<< 8.14.4-5), switchconf (<< 0.0.9-2.1)
Filename: pool/main/f/findutils/findutils_4.6.0+git+20160126-2_amd64.deb
Size: 279560
MD5sum: 1831065c484b6413ba65b08bc427d9cc
SHA1: a94bc6acde7319023a23426c9b376cd88e901678
SHA256: c7de902635759c740db8b74aa102a04373c0c2c2a86d3636eab7e27af1f45ac6
Description-en: utilities for finding files--find, xargs
GNU findutils provides utilities to find files meeting specified
criteria and perform various actions on the files which are found.
This package contains 'find' and 'xargs'; however, 'locate' has
been split off into a separate package.
Description-md5: ad1a783819241ffdf3ff5f37a676af59
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/findutils/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: minimal