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

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "libdpkg-perl" package

This tutorial shows how to install libdpkg-perl on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libdpkg-perl
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libdpkg-perl" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libdpkg-perl on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: libdpkg-perl
Architecture: all
Version: 1.18.4ubuntu1.7
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: perl
Source: dpkg
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Dpkg Developers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1780
Depends: dpkg (>= 1.16.3), perl
Recommends: libfile-fcntllock-perl, bzip2, xz-utils
Suggests: debian-keyring, gnupg | gnupg2, gpgv | gpgv2, gcc | c-compiler, binutils, patch
Breaks: dpkg-dev (<< 1.15.6), patch (<< 2.7)
Replaces: dpkg (<< 1.15.8), dpkg-dev (<< 1.15.6)
Filename: pool/main/d/dpkg/libdpkg-perl_1.18.4ubuntu1.7_all.deb
Size: 195278
MD5sum: 3568fa5f7513738cc5c58d9817d0d2f7
SHA1: 73788c7ee2774a130c03ba40cccf2b3fb6220a2c
SHA256: 52917c2e11e2b06267ed9092b3a5a7279a57fe75e008df73d275b164b44798c9
SHA512: 77006a888b148999c22cb265545e377938fa18ce1e092ac8c71c4680dc28cd2f291f3771692d696a75c3b4f564636b23438d026eb7bac91af35c33c88da0324c
Homepage: https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Dpkg
Description-en: Dpkg perl modules
This package provides the perl modules used by the scripts
in dpkg-dev. They cover a wide range of functionality. Among them
there are the following public modules:
.
- Dpkg: core variables
- Dpkg::Arch: architecture handling functions
- Dpkg::BuildFlags: set, modify and query compilation build flags
- Dpkg::BuildOptions: parse and manipulate DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS
- Dpkg::BuildProfile: parse and manipulate build profiles
- Dpkg::Changelog: parse changelogs
- Dpkg::Changelog::Entry: represents a changelog entry
- Dpkg::Changelog::Parse: generic changelog parser for dpkg-parsechangelog
- Dpkg::Checksums: generate and parse checksums
- Dpkg::Compression: simple database of available compression methods
- Dpkg::Compression::Process: wrapper around compression tools
- Dpkg::Compression::FileHandle: transparently (de)compress files
- Dpkg::Conf: parse dpkg configuration files
- Dpkg::Control: parse and manipulate Debian control information
(.dsc, .changes, Packages/Sources entries, etc.)
- Dpkg::Control::Changelog: represent fields output by dpkg-parsechangelog
- Dpkg::Control::Fields: manage (list of known) control fields
- Dpkg::Control::Hash: parse and manipulate a block of RFC822-like fields
- Dpkg::Control::Info: parse files like debian/control
- Dpkg::Deps: parse and manipulate dependencies
- Dpkg::Exit: push, pop and run exit handlers
- Dpkg::Gettext: wrapper around Locale::gettext
- Dpkg::IPC: spawn sub-processes and feed/retrieve data
- Dpkg::Index: collections of Dpkg::Control (Packages/Sources files for
example)
- Dpkg::Interface::Storable: base object serializer
- Dpkg::Path: common path handling functions
- Dpkg::Source::Package: extract Debian source packages
- Dpkg::Substvars: substitute variables in strings
- Dpkg::Vendor: identify current distribution vendor
- Dpkg::Version: parse and manipulate Debian package versions
.
All the packages listed in Suggests or Recommends are used by some of the
modules.
Description-md5: f3cc072a28d5778f06d4420c53f77041
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, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop
Build-Essential: yes
Supported: 5y

Package: libdpkg-perl
Priority: optional
Section: perl
Installed-Size: 1780
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Dpkg Developers
Architecture: all
Source: dpkg
Version: 1.18.4ubuntu1
Replaces: dpkg (<< 1.15.8), dpkg-dev (<< 1.15.6)
Depends: dpkg (>= 1.16.3), perl
Recommends: libfile-fcntllock-perl, bzip2, xz-utils
Suggests: debian-keyring, gnupg | gnupg2, gpgv | gpgv2, gcc | c-compiler, binutils, patch
Breaks: dpkg-dev (<< 1.15.6), patch (<< 2.7)
Filename: pool/main/d/dpkg/libdpkg-perl_1.18.4ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 195302
MD5sum: a521aa354a0a6e4313b35c1c3c3f3303
SHA1: e154696fdf85044ba2b5d027a0415b8b0687b089
SHA256: 0f3f544cc1ced2ee66ae4b95de2f7264090a04e79b541b4f444dec51b6646449
Description-en: Dpkg perl modules
This package provides the perl modules used by the scripts
in dpkg-dev. They cover a wide range of functionality. Among them
there are the following public modules:
.
- Dpkg: core variables
- Dpkg::Arch: architecture handling functions
- Dpkg::BuildFlags: set, modify and query compilation build flags
- Dpkg::BuildOptions: parse and manipulate DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS
- Dpkg::BuildProfile: parse and manipulate build profiles
- Dpkg::Changelog: parse changelogs
- Dpkg::Changelog::Entry: represents a changelog entry
- Dpkg::Changelog::Parse: generic changelog parser for dpkg-parsechangelog
- Dpkg::Checksums: generate and parse checksums
- Dpkg::Compression: simple database of available compression methods
- Dpkg::Compression::Process: wrapper around compression tools
- Dpkg::Compression::FileHandle: transparently (de)compress files
- Dpkg::Conf: parse dpkg configuration files
- Dpkg::Control: parse and manipulate Debian control information
(.dsc, .changes, Packages/Sources entries, etc.)
- Dpkg::Control::Changelog: represent fields output by dpkg-parsechangelog
- Dpkg::Control::Fields: manage (list of known) control fields
- Dpkg::Control::Hash: parse and manipulate a block of RFC822-like fields
- Dpkg::Control::Info: parse files like debian/control
- Dpkg::Deps: parse and manipulate dependencies
- Dpkg::Exit: push, pop and run exit handlers
- Dpkg::Gettext: wrapper around Locale::gettext
- Dpkg::IPC: spawn sub-processes and feed/retrieve data
- Dpkg::Index: collections of Dpkg::Control (Packages/Sources files for
example)
- Dpkg::Interface::Storable: base object serializer
- Dpkg::Path: common path handling functions
- Dpkg::Source::Package: extract Debian source packages
- Dpkg::Substvars: substitute variables in strings
- Dpkg::Vendor: identify current distribution vendor
- Dpkg::Version: parse and manipulate Debian package versions
.
All the packages listed in Suggests or Recommends are used by some of the
modules.
Description-md5: f3cc072a28d5778f06d4420c53f77041
Origin: Ubuntu
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Dpkg
Build-Essential: yes
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, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop