How to Install and Uninstall libmtp9 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: October 05,2024

1. Install "libmtp9" package

This is a short guide on how to install libmtp9 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libmtp9
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libmtp9" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libmtp9 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libmtp9
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libmtp9 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libmtp9
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 473
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Alessio Treglia
Architecture: amd64
Source: libmtp
Version: 1.1.10-2ubuntu1
Depends: libmtp-common, libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.6.0), libusb-1.0-0 (>= 2:1.0.8)
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.7.2)
Recommends: libmtp-runtime, udev
Filename: pool/main/libm/libmtp/libmtp9_1.1.10-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 143844
MD5sum: d16aa6c6e5b2649ffc21b97d46b05b1f
SHA1: abf279dcb0db9f855c4a8b7b95f1d5a113bb1e39
SHA256: 82820217606fae7fd9589f3241ce8e901a223bf443271c7bbf0e936189986259
Description-en: Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) library
libmtp is a library for communicating with MTP aware devices in POSIX
compliant operating systems. It implements MTP Basic, the subset
proposed for standardization.
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The Media Transfer Protocol (commonly referred to as MTP) is a devised
set of custom extensions to support the transfer of music files on
USB digital audio players and movie files on USB portable media players.
Description-md5: ec2660c24145023b9998ae464417b767
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://libmtp.sourceforge.net/
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-desktop, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, lubuntu-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop