How to Install and Uninstall guile-1.8 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "guile-1.8" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install guile-1.8 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                guile-1.8
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "guile-1.8" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall guile-1.8 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the guile-1.8 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: guile-1.8
Priority: optional
Section: universe/interpreters
Installed-Size: 59
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Rob Browning
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.8.8+1-10ubuntu1
Provides: guile
Depends: guile-1.8-libs (= 1.8.8+1-10ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.2.5)
Suggests: guile-1.8-doc
Conflicts: guile1.4, libguile-dev (<= 1:1.4-24)
Filename: pool/universe/g/guile-1.8/guile-1.8_1.8.8+1-10ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 5926
MD5sum: cbb22d5fb5f4fb29f212e25a83f6e3c7
SHA1: 7b12e3c659366a634c0502b471ce5d5297a8ac57
SHA256: 49f21e8855eb359f51f7ed0cf872f43d84c08cdfafb0a7b2c97d28b120ad1403
Description-en: GNU extension language and Scheme interpreter
Guile is a Scheme implementation designed for real world programming,
providing a rich Unix interface, a module system, an interpreter, and
many extension languages. Guile can be used as a standard #! style
interpreter, via #!/usr/bin/guile, or as an extension language for
other applications via libguile.
Description-md5: 92e64a8da1c1f586d1a7fc7b1ad1ec5d
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu