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

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "initramfs-tools-ubuntu-touch" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install initramfs-tools-ubuntu-touch on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                initramfs-tools-ubuntu-touch
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "initramfs-tools-ubuntu-touch" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall initramfs-tools-ubuntu-touch on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: initramfs-tools-ubuntu-touch
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 93
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.94vivid5
Depends: initramfs-tools, abootimg, udev (>= 175-0ubuntu29), upstart, coreutils, android-tools-adbd
Filename: pool/universe/i/initramfs-tools-ubuntu-touch/initramfs-tools-ubuntu-touch_0.94vivid5_amd64.deb
Size: 9690
MD5sum: df124d492059304ae4113746ccabf2f4
SHA1: 9f2072137e9845797450d2a834485a64a8912ce3
SHA256: 47cfebddf405c353f7a738241ddd1932a787c77094bc9cb1e9db3e43afa03e4d
Description-en: tools for mounting an Ubuntu Touch rootfs
This package contains the scripts to boot an Ubuntu Touch device.
It also ships a default fstab that uses the android device paths based
on partition label. By default it will mount the android userdata
partition, then do a bind mount of the ubuntu subdir in there to become
the root filesystem.
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On failure the script will fire up an adb debugging shell
Description-md5: 12b771ab0234d5a2b3c27868cdd3dfac
Multi-Arch: foreign
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Task: ubuntu-touch