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

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "info" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install info on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                info
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "info" package

Learn how to uninstall info on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: info
Priority: standard
Section: doc
Installed-Size: 507
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian TeX maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: texinfo
Version: 6.1.0.dfsg.1-5
Replaces: texinfo (<< 4.7-2)
Provides: info-browser
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libtinfo5 (>= 6), install-info
Suggests: texinfo-doc-nonfree
Filename: pool/main/t/texinfo/info_6.1.0.dfsg.1-5_amd64.deb
Size: 97720
MD5sum: 2e754b4fcc1c18372005e59e10be9328
SHA1: d2f2566760fc45fcee5d1149b33e7b10068d6fc3
SHA256: 19ee9220bf147bb1e8df78f2d4736db8f8c187f417f940873385df5edfe640be
Description-en: Standalone GNU Info documentation browser
The Info file format is an easily-parsable representation for online
documents. This program allows you to view Info documents, like the
ones stored in /usr/share/info.
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Much of the software in Debian comes with its online documentation in
the form of Info files, so it is most likely you will want to install it.
Description-md5: 98475bbce3804b8961f7886328b1baea
Multi-Arch: foreign
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: standard