How to Install and Uninstall libblas-common Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "libblas-common" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libblas-common on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libblas-common" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall libblas-common on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: libblas-common
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 22
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Science Team
Architecture: amd64
Source: lapack
Version: 3.6.0-2ubuntu2
Filename: pool/main/l/lapack/libblas-common_3.6.0-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 5342
MD5sum: e22155e39af702c77d7d7a3088d179f1
SHA1: 926d6421054ac42cb3e20d7192edf648417e73dd
SHA256: d9ac185631da85e93d7bc7759d605ea091687613e6ab4556edb255d5f6a8121d
Description-en: Dependency package for all BLAS implementations
The only purpose of this empty package is to ensure multi-arch safety of
different BLAS implementations. See bug #760936 for more details.
Description-md5: 2b36dc3079c102ae7e8a73c38252c077
Homepage: http://www.netlib.org/lapack/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-usb, edubuntu-desktop-gnome, edubuntu-usb, ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-publishing, ubuntustudio-photography, ubuntustudio-graphics, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntu-mate-desktop