Complete Guide: Installing launchtool on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) 2025

1. Install "launchtool" package

This tutorial shows how to install launchtool on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall launchtool on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: launchtool
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 252
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.8-2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.8), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libpopt0 (>= 1.16), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1)
Filename: pool/universe/l/launchtool/launchtool_0.8-2_amd64.deb
Size: 87994
MD5sum: 91856d5bbac8857c5917a82cfadbd875
SHA1: a1e88b434214b201e92e6bb6303ea4a49027d0dd
SHA256: e862a82dac66f15bdb019cb4b5ce4439b6ac89f444faa5e16799d7bb5c81ca7f
Description-en: command launcher and supervisor
Runs a user-supplied command supervising its execution in
many ways:
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* controlling the environment
* blocking signals
* logging the output
* changing user and group permissions
* limiting resource usage
* running it chrooted
* restarting it if it fails
* logging execution statistics
* running it continuously
* turning it into a daemon
Description-md5: 4e66982d726618418b30bbe8867b34d1
Homepage: http://www.enricozini.org/sw/launchtool/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu