How to Install and Uninstall i2c-tools Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "i2c-tools" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install i2c-tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                i2c-tools
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "i2c-tools" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall i2c-tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                i2c-tools
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the i2c-tools package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: i2c-tools
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 244
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Aurelien Jarno
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.1.1-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), perl, adduser, udev | makedev
Recommends: read-edid
Suggests: libi2c-dev, python-smbus
Conflicts: lm-sensors (<< 1:3.0.0-1)
Filename: pool/universe/i/i2c-tools/i2c-tools_3.1.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 56502
MD5sum: 41e6062305b3016f7ddaefc651b2c258
SHA1: 3371bda5a01ddba0f10e0c8b7ae09071339d0395
SHA256: 6852bd9012efcd04bc58d811711e123c5fe0996e03f547307b5284d0af64fe87
Description-en: heterogeneous set of I2C tools for Linux
This package contains a heterogeneous set of I2C tools for Linux: a bus
probing tool, a chip dumper, register-level access helpers, EEPROM
decoding scripts, and more.
Description-md5: 675f45359e19feae2eb165a5b0b5bdd7
Homepage: http://www.lm-sensors.org
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu