How to Install and Uninstall libsecret-tools Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "libsecret-tools" package

This tutorial shows how to install libsecret-tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libsecret-tools
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libsecret-tools" package

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


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

Package: libsecret-tools
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 38
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: libsecret
Version: 0.18.4-1ubuntu2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.38.0), libsecret-1-0 (>= 0.7)
Filename: pool/universe/libs/libsecret/libsecret-tools_0.18.4-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 9848
MD5sum: 25d079aa92d1c11a3b82b1f80516f3be
SHA1: 6cef1ddb449d2b856b10623fbd2b06d482ab7616
SHA256: 1b1081b3f83e65ce3b545ff3ed5942f98f4353c477486ec31a59425244726fd0
Description-en: tool for storing and retrieving GObject passwords
This package provides a command line tool using libsecret to access
the freedesktop.org Secret Service API. This can be used to store
and retrieve passwords for desktop applications.
Description-md5: 09678ba55eb8a000bae6c30075d2aa24
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Libsecret
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu