How to Install and Uninstall libhardware2 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "libhardware2" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libhardware2 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 "libhardware2" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall libhardware2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libhardware2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libhardware2 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libhardware2
Priority: extra
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 39
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Architecture: amd64
Source: libhybris
Version: 0.1.0+git20151016+6d424c9-0ubuntu7
Replaces: libhybris (<< 0.1.0+git20130606+c5d897a-0ubuntu13)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.5), libhybris-common1
Breaks: libhybris (<< 0.1.0+git20130606+c5d897a-0ubuntu13)
Filename: pool/main/libh/libhybris/libhardware2_0.1.0+git20151016+6d424c9-0ubuntu7_amd64.deb
Size: 6238
MD5sum: 35a8720d67cfc2411a2bc7ec69165402
SHA1: 900abcf202fe1597a64467507cd349faaddb7c8d
SHA256: 291af2a0d0ded0e0153c6fc91228f70e902ebce5ba3137472aca47aa0c94a7d6
Description-en: Library to provide access to the Android libhardware HAL
Contains a library that provides access to the Android libhardware HAL,
which can be used to access a wide range of other HALs, such as audio,
power, gralloc, etc.
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Hybris is a solution that allows the use of bionic-based HW adaptations in
glibc systems.
Description-md5: ba38b180f137da752b2cf6f73e00b537
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m
Task: ubuntu-touch-core, ubuntu-touch, ubuntu-touch, ubuntu-sdk