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

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "jobservice" package

Please follow the guidance below to install jobservice on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install jobservice

2. Uninstall "jobservice" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall jobservice on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove jobservice $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

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

Package: jobservice
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 231
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jacob Peddicord
Architecture: all
Version: 0.8.0-0ubuntu4
Depends: python2.7, python (>= 2.7.1-0ubuntu2), python (<< 2.8), dbus
Suggests: jobs-admin
Filename: pool/universe/j/jobservice/jobservice_0.8.0-0ubuntu4_all.deb
Size: 29090
MD5sum: 29ada928a8b2a2e22907894fda86d944
SHA1: 0d057495fef881351e2691a6b06ec1397d453a59
SHA256: 99a47b5dd08935d8aefd8b93c63c1c698ec986d3a8e9aa7205dbe3e12ff49bf1
Description-en: system job management daemon
jobservice is a system daemon that is accessible over DBus, providing
methods for controlling jobs (services) on a system using Upstart 0.6
or a plain System V boot.
.
It is likely used in conjunction with jobs-admin, the GTK+ interface used
to manage the jobs.
Description-md5: 8472297a214f16e2e4c023943a79c2de
Homepage: https://launchpad.net/jobservice
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu

5. The same packages on other Linux Distributions