How to Install and Uninstall freetds-bin Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: March 14,2025

1. Install "freetds-bin" package

Please follow the instructions below to install freetds-bin on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                freetds-bin
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "freetds-bin" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall freetds-bin on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: freetds-bin
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libs
Installed-Size: 692
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Steve Langasek
Architecture: amd64
Source: freetds
Version: 0.91-6.1build1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libgnutls30 (>= 3.4.2), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.10+dfsg~), libodbc1 (>= 2.3.1), libreadline6 (>= 6.0), libsybdb5 (>= 0.82), freetds-common
Filename: pool/universe/f/freetds/freetds-bin_0.91-6.1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 181862
MD5sum: 87cea6ab4b66ecc42ace0ddd2029f9ef
SHA1: f436e478c9a112c1944266003c5a0c48fe4cb9eb
SHA256: bb26e3e21efc010aa52d452e74581dff4d687333e4be98239d6f9852092ac081
Description-en: FreeTDS command-line utilities
FreeTDS is an implementation of the Tabular DataStream protocol, used for
connecting to MS SQL and Sybase servers over TCP/IP.
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This package includes the command-line utilities shipped with FreeTDS.
Description-md5: ecc81bdba70ea8f8a0ff19107655f93a
Homepage: http://www.freetds.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu