How to Install and Uninstall libapt-pkg-perl Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "libapt-pkg-perl" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libapt-pkg-perl on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libapt-pkg-perl
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libapt-pkg-perl" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall libapt-pkg-perl on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: libapt-pkg-perl
Priority: optional
Section: perl
Installed-Size: 206
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Brendan O'Dea
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.1.29build7
Depends: perl-base (>= 5.22.1-1), perlapi-5.22.1, libapt-pkg5.0 (>= 1.1~exp9), libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2)
Filename: pool/main/liba/libapt-pkg-perl/libapt-pkg-perl_0.1.29build7_amd64.deb
Size: 65282
MD5sum: 967d8c2cabba0ba7a59c57861847bbc9
SHA1: 73a1372a296bb5c9f1730487c4f0313a5a522f4f
SHA256: 2cd8fb66d992207ee0f63b3be4cf053b5bf5fbfb8e39c21440e5335cfa6f78c7
Description-en: Perl interface to libapt-pkg
A Perl interface to APT's libapt-pkg which provides modules for configuration
file/command line parsing, version comparison, inspection of the binary
package cache and source package details.
Description-md5: b90df5c972edb2fc10beeac8dffd2963
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, mythbuntu-backend-master, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntu-sdk, ubuntukylin-desktop