How to Install and Uninstall locales-all Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "locales-all" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                locales-all
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "locales-all" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall locales-all on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: locales-all
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.23-0ubuntu11.3
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: extra
Section: universe/localization
Source: glibc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 124468
Provides: locales
Breaks: locales (<< 2.13-17)
Filename: pool/universe/g/glibc/locales-all_2.23-0ubuntu11.3_amd64.deb
Size: 3192264
MD5sum: a0ca2b14e91015d321fa01939ff8c17e
SHA1: 9714329e68e04ec491e9c627b1b7102a10edb82b
SHA256: ba98a5ba0f1f42cada19c12e8f26e1fcd60bbc0804ec915dcd2bd99846fc5bdb
SHA512: a9a27b66765b15b0aa935bb0ffe33baa0659cfe8021a16e4e9c962dfb2b5322424f4cf548046ae06cdd4de7a1eec8865034e2ee57f55cba01ab3e07dcb15bb04
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
Description-en: GNU C Library: Precompiled locale data
This package contains the precompiled locale data for all supported locales.
A better alternative is to install the locales package and only select
desired locales, but it can be useful on a low-memory machine because some
locale files take a lot of memory to be compiled.
Description-md5: c360552536cba624a24a347b513939dd

Package: locales-all
Priority: extra
Section: universe/localization
Installed-Size: 124465
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: glibc
Version: 2.23-0ubuntu3
Provides: locales
Breaks: locales (<< 2.13-17)
Filename: pool/universe/g/glibc/locales-all_2.23-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 3400636
MD5sum: b99c747fa734a4774a7622fe660cb368
SHA1: 788a781441c8805a4153b9ef5c9f3cd30c083133
SHA256: da5603c8e529c5844bd5539840091a866f56e30f5ba6f7307306b776d3f393c1
Description-en: GNU C Library: Precompiled locale data
This package contains the precompiled locale data for all supported locales.
A better alternative is to install the locales package and only select
desired locales, but it can be useful on a low-memory machine because some
locale files take a lot of memory to be compiled.
Description-md5: c360552536cba624a24a347b513939dd
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu