How to Install and Uninstall m4 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "m4" package

Please follow the instructions below to install m4 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                m4
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "m4" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall m4 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                m4
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the m4 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: m4
Priority: optional
Section: interpreters
Installed-Size: 338
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Santiago Vila
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.4.17-5
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libsigsegv2 (>= 2.9)
Filename: pool/main/m/m4/m4_1.4.17-5_amd64.deb
Size: 194590
MD5sum: a1667c5593216139a96746971cbf2bf3
SHA1: 9a88c590362c07f04a4b69bfa0937b8d1aace010
SHA256: bb188c16d3f007902fb5b1ceab2f0a44344414b5afba28df7be5071b76cc260e
Description-en: macro processing language
GNU `m4' is an implementation of the traditional UNIX macro
processor. It is mostly SVR4 compatible, although it has some
extensions (for example, handling more than 9 positional parameters to
macros). `m4' also has builtin functions for including files, running
shell commands, doing arithmetic, etc. Autoconf needs GNU `m4' for
generating `configure' scripts, but not for running them.
Description-md5: 4d2d2315ae3e9465f92825939c8db872
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/m4/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-sdk-libs-tools, ubuntu-sdk