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

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "initramfs-tools-core" package

Learn how to install initramfs-tools-core on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                initramfs-tools-core
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "initramfs-tools-core" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall initramfs-tools-core on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: initramfs-tools-core
Architecture: all
Version: 0.122ubuntu8.17
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: important
Section: utils
Source: initramfs-tools
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian kernel team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 258
Depends: initramfs-tools-bin (= 0.122ubuntu8.17), busybox-initramfs (>= 1:1.13.3-1ubuntu5), klibc-utils (>= 2.0.4-7~), cpio, kmod | module-init-tools, udev, coreutils (>= 8.24)
Suggests: bash-completion
Breaks: initramfs-tools (<< 0.121~)
Replaces: initramfs-tools (<< 0.121~)
Filename: pool/main/i/initramfs-tools/initramfs-tools-core_0.122ubuntu8.17_all.deb
Size: 44996
MD5sum: 4a571684d7938458a3942d76fc8473df
SHA1: 88f003333352ee463ad23fab8f4b3e2afc7a32e4
SHA256: c0d51ef5fd97655fce047b99fca2487243227b9ced66d5317a324673b5fc7724
SHA512: f2afc759b03e4f85362907beda40d22e4062dfc14df960ffeb71de39801da0f5e6da04e419008a33abf03e83b55377a104a479297fd1dd7190a384fedadd3312
Description-en: generic modular initramfs generator (core tools)
This package contains the mkinitramfs program that can be used to
create a bootable initramfs for a Linux kernel. The initramfs should
be loaded along with the kernel and is then responsible for mounting
the root filesystem and starting the main init system.
Description-md5: 8d2ce4976ab4fb33b898ed3006a086fa
Task: minimal, ubuntu-sdk
Supported: 5y

Package: initramfs-tools-core
Architecture: all
Version: 0.122ubuntu8.14
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: important
Section: utils
Source: initramfs-tools
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian kernel team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 258
Depends: initramfs-tools-bin (= 0.122ubuntu8.14), busybox-initramfs (>= 1:1.13.3-1ubuntu5), klibc-utils (>= 2.0.4-7~), cpio, kmod | module-init-tools, udev, coreutils (>= 8.24)
Suggests: bash-completion
Breaks: initramfs-tools (<< 0.121~)
Replaces: initramfs-tools (<< 0.121~)
Filename: pool/main/i/initramfs-tools/initramfs-tools-core_0.122ubuntu8.14_all.deb
Size: 44932
MD5sum: e6d4c38cb775440a6039d43060e0d3ad
SHA1: 65c291da32a3cbab3ea9494975b2f23d41d96725
SHA256: 07d71ae348dbb5f8741978392258bda6e7a4c830e1a98d7d32969730dd4ff5e4
SHA512: f6543b65f64fa4b86382f07d636f4ad1f423a1a5cd9b16db0e03126acd30c99053d9e36feafec23aa841106d1c2fd999e28412d39ba3c9f1eed1e4f7bd86e82e
Description-en: generic modular initramfs generator (core tools)
This package contains the mkinitramfs program that can be used to
create a bootable initramfs for a Linux kernel. The initramfs should
be loaded along with the kernel and is then responsible for mounting
the root filesystem and starting the main init system.
Description-md5: 8d2ce4976ab4fb33b898ed3006a086fa
Task: minimal, ubuntu-sdk
Supported: 5y

Package: initramfs-tools-core
Priority: important
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 246
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian kernel team
Architecture: all
Source: initramfs-tools
Version: 0.122ubuntu8
Replaces: initramfs-tools (<< 0.121~)
Depends: initramfs-tools-bin (= 0.122ubuntu8), busybox-initramfs (>= 1:1.13.3-1ubuntu5), klibc-utils (>= 2.0.4-7~), cpio, kmod | module-init-tools, udev
Suggests: bash-completion
Breaks: initramfs-tools (<< 0.121~)
Filename: pool/main/i/initramfs-tools/initramfs-tools-core_0.122ubuntu8_all.deb
Size: 42148
MD5sum: 527010fba05a9c9b39c7418ee02e5d68
SHA1: 57da2b9524c2e08c9911b3e793ecbb3af403ad8d
SHA256: 4a314ddca8da892b9716b98e9b5bde3995c7c4ce21ee887a66a6fe84dcda51ef
Description-en: generic modular initramfs generator (core tools)
This package contains the mkinitramfs program that can be used to
create a bootable initramfs for a Linux kernel. The initramfs should
be loaded along with the kernel and is then responsible for mounting
the root filesystem and starting the main init system.
Description-md5: 8d2ce4976ab4fb33b898ed3006a086fa
Multi-Arch: foreign
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: minimal, ubuntu-sdk