How to Install and Uninstall libvshadow-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: March 14,2025

1. Install "libvshadow-dev" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libvshadow-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libvshadow-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libvshadow-dev" package

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


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

Package: libvshadow-dev
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 1584
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Forensics
Architecture: amd64
Source: libvshadow
Version: 20160110-2
Depends: libvshadow1 (= 20160110-2)
Filename: pool/universe/libv/libvshadow/libvshadow-dev_20160110-2_amd64.deb
Size: 312106
MD5sum: b85d51b83172eaf6826eafd6d7404a51
SHA1: 156cfc1652f4c5236e7d0be8ad4902427a01132a
SHA256: 9b5e7e8f27ca74846a48cc773bec3c529295d328ab5342f01c4e10355eb68272
Description-en: Volume Shadow Snapshot format access library -- development files
libvshadow is a library to access the Volume Shadow Snapshot (VSS)
format. The VSS format is used by Windows, as of Vista, to maintain
copies of data on a storage media volume.
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This package includes the development support files.
Description-md5: 0e08f2f1d13939f048f8d2b0a5cf94f1
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://github.com/libyal/libvshadow
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu