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

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "hy" package

Learn how to install hy on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install hy

2. Uninstall "hy" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall hy on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove hy $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

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

Package: hy
Priority: optional
Section: universe/python
Installed-Size: 26
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Tianon Gravi
Architecture: all
Version: 0.11.1-1
Depends: python3-hy
Filename: pool/universe/h/hy/hy_0.11.1-1_all.deb
Size: 5484
MD5sum: 32e70ddd32a085b30997ef125e334442
SHA1: 1f557bd3e1c507ee8912ef929f15ffcb195121ea
SHA256: 2fd79593f30c876d7e6ad73a8e5e9f5bffd1cbaef4230b4b447f56de966ffe3d
Description-en: Lisp (s-expression) based frontend to Python (metapackage)
Hy is a wonderful dialect of Lisp that's embedded in Python.
.
Since Hy transforms its Lisp code into the Python Abstract Syntax Tree, you
have the whole beautiful world of Python at your fingertips, in Lisp form!
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This package is here for future installability. This is the stable interface
to install the `hy' language.
Description-md5: 8d91c250d6f1577427c15889ec85072b
Homepage: http://hylang.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu