How to Install and Uninstall libnfc5 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "libnfc5" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install libnfc5 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libnfc5
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libnfc5" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libnfc5 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libnfc5
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libnfc5 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libnfc5
Priority: extra
Section: universe/libs
Installed-Size: 187
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu
Architecture: amd64
Source: libnfc
Version: 1.7.1-4
Replaces: libnfc4
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libusb-0.1-4 (>= 2:0.1.12)
Breaks: libnfc4
Filename: pool/universe/libn/libnfc/libnfc5_1.7.1-4_amd64.deb
Size: 55024
MD5sum: 62bfcd6b30c01de7c372292ff5f06afb
SHA1: 3f09ab1f21aeaf8e3bf2918324d7c988b724f66e
SHA256: 8c321ce08e0ec61e48a6a8ec55aea9a1e83195167726cdfd49cc8a72e23637b0
Description-en: Near Field Communication (NFC) library
libnfc is a library for Near Field Communication. It abstracts the
low-level details of communicating with the devices away behind an
easy-to-use high-level API.
It supports most hardware based on the NXP PN531, PN532 or PN533
controller chips.
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This package contains the runtime library files needed to run software
using libnfc.
Description-md5: ba9b969f618f147c461db7f7275cbdda
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://www.nfc-tools.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu