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

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "gdisk" package

Please follow the guidance below to install gdisk on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install gdisk

2. Uninstall "gdisk" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall gdisk on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove gdisk $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the gdisk package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: gdisk
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 746
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Guillaume Delacour
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.0.1-1build1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libncursesw5 (>= 6), libpopt0 (>= 1.14), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libtinfo5 (>= 6), libuuid1 (>= 2.16)
Recommends: groff-base
Filename: pool/main/g/gdisk/gdisk_1.0.1-1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 194230
MD5sum: 24e876aa3c2e94e39c17a4551f5d8514
SHA1: ab46108770347a3bda4b86f29b5bfe2186c79716
SHA256: 4e058b52225de864563d020d88e6a0333ee0354909745ac823b99a66d5bf3c38
Description-en: GPT fdisk text-mode partitioning tool
GPT fdisk (aka gdisk) is a text-mode partitioning
tool that works on Globally Unique Identifier
(GUID) Partition Table (GPT) disks, rather than
on the more common (through 2009)
Master Boot Record (MBR) partition tables.
Description-md5: 7054fc983aa9ba583e9c2d490a7fb96e
Homepage: http://sourceforge.net/projects/gptfdisk/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-core, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, cloud-image, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, ubuntu-core, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, lubuntu-core, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop