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

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "folks-tools" package

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


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

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


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

Package: folks-tools
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 165
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Telepathy maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: folks
Version: 0.11.1-2build2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libfolks25 (>= 0.11.1), libgee-0.8-2 (>= 0.8.3), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.40), libreadline6 (>= 6.0), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4)
Recommends: folks-common (= 0.11.1-2build2)
Filename: pool/universe/f/folks/folks-tools_0.11.1-2build2_amd64.deb
Size: 44940
MD5sum: 5bc91a42151fa0f8de265e0e5a1b3838
SHA1: 4f1e96d6759d3e242ba447df69a37d7a119af6ac
SHA256: e9066ccb9516e472ae7e6681581ca7041e96f7c6cd621909f1bd2f6a426e0ab2
Description-en: Telepathy backend for libfolks - database and import tools
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 tools to inspect the folks database and import
metacontacts from pidgin
Description-md5: f42543e1b08499d5d82b2dabdf9f54b0
Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Folks
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu