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

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "linuxptp" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install linuxptp on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall linuxptp on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: linuxptp
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 404
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.6-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~)
Filename: pool/universe/l/linuxptp/linuxptp_1.6-1_amd64.deb
Size: 108678
MD5sum: 58e8760616b9ec4df5cf30b61b600a4c
SHA1: 785107c339d7e8330f380aea77dd170654b79557
SHA256: 7d339c5a7ab2e296257ad37b6b0b0bd1cf4395ae2f2a52e47b187b319ff3e51e
Description-en: Precision Time Protocol (PTP, IEEE1588) implementation for Linux
Linuxptp is an implementation of the Precision Time Protocol (PTP)
according to IEEE standard 1588 for Linux. Features include:
- support for hardware and software time stamping via the Linux
SO_TIMESTAMPING socket option.
- support for the Linux PTP Hardware Clock (PHC) subsystem by using the
clock_gettime family of calls, including the new clock_adjtimex
system call
- implementation of Boundary Clock (BC) and Ordinary Clock (OC)
- transport over UDP/IPv4, UDP/IPv6, and raw Ethernet (Layer 2)
- support for IEEE 802.1AS-2011 in the role of end station
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PTP provides higher precision and faster synchronization than NTP even
without hardware support. With hardware support, sub-microsecond
accuracy can be expected. Whereas NTP is intended for WAN use, PTP is
designed for LAN environments and makes use of UDP multicast.
Description-md5: 3678f13807c05861be8c708a652e8e9d
Homepage: http://linuxptp.sourceforge.net/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu