How to Install and Uninstall folks-common Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: March 15,2025

1. Install "folks-common" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install folks-common on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                folks-common
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "folks-common" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall folks-common on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: folks-common
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libs
Installed-Size: 68
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Telepathy maintainers
Architecture: all
Source: folks
Version: 0.11.1-2build2
Depends: dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend
Filename: pool/universe/f/folks/folks-common_0.11.1-2build2_all.deb
Size: 3770
MD5sum: 9fbd2ef289d7f4b580571762dcfad0c1
SHA1: 7d8b8d1a349931c3117c3cf6e2989e7df47753d7
SHA256: 270870f27c20a31f5fdd4159fb154d4e6928abb94214e73dbf0f72c7fdcdcb39
Description-en: library to aggregates people into metacontacts (common files)
libfolks is a library that aggregates people from multiple sources
(eg, Telepathy connection managers and eventually evolution data server,
Facebook, etc.) to create metacontacts.
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This package contains common files (translations) used by folks components.
Description-md5: 51f0e7fa459256b7f6d53ea160bcc369
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Folks
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 3y
Task: ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntu-touch