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

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "localepurge" package

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


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

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


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

Package: localepurge
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 149
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Niels Thykier
Architecture: all
Version: 0.7.3.4
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, locales, ucf, procps
Suggests: debfoster, deborphan, bleachbit
Filename: pool/universe/l/localepurge/localepurge_0.7.3.4_all.deb
Size: 38246
MD5sum: 957ff89e08962ddba9c0f6fd4818be6c
SHA1: 92982e6640a15111bdf7fe7fb43106d2814090ce
SHA256: f15c09cf7b7f8935ac0bb887ceb379a9cf7f874f1d7e9e1cce9fe277e749f701
Description-en: reclaim disk space by removing unneeded localizations
This package provides a script to recover disk space wasted for unneeded
locales, GNOME/KDE localizations and localized man pages. Depending on
the installation, it is possible to save hundreds of megabytes of disk
space taken up by localization you will most probably never have any
use for. It is run automatically upon completion of any APT installation
actions.
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This tool is a hack which is *not* integrated with the system's
package management system and therefore is not for the faint of heart.
Its interference can provoke strange, but usually harmless, behavior in
programs related to apt/dpkg, such as dpkg-repack, reportbug, etc.
Responsibility for its usage and possible breakage of the system
therefore lies in the system administrator's hands.
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Please do abstain from reporting any such bugs blaming localepurge if you
break the system by using it. If you don't know what you are doing and
can't handle any resulting breakage, you should not install this package.
Description-md5: 475992bb2d7939b240f9cd47d5afdf21
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu