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

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "mercurial" package

Please follow the guidance below to install mercurial on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Learn how to uninstall mercurial on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: mercurial
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.7.3-1ubuntu1.2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Python Applications Packaging Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 183
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), python (<< 2.8), python (>= 2.7~), ucf (>= 2.0020), mercurial-common (= 3.7.3-1ubuntu1.2)
Recommends: openssh-client
Suggests: qct, kdiff3 | kdiff3-qt | kompare | meld | tkcvs | mgdiff
Breaks: hgsubversion (<< 1.8.3-2), hgview-common (<< 1.8.1), mercurial-crecord (<= 0.20140626-1), mercurial-git (<< 0.8.3-1), qct (<< 1.7-2~)
Filename: pool/universe/m/mercurial/mercurial_3.7.3-1ubuntu1.2_amd64.deb
Size: 47826
MD5sum: dcc730f8fd68d416065ee73e3449f1a2
SHA1: 8af6dec56bb9351247b6fd0a4d0ea049ae7cee32
SHA256: 764c26ffb5abe0d39ef6593ba14c4693ae394a2d4693aa99528c7ae2917daf46
SHA512: a816acc2c498d48d946f8a68bfa9ae9321213bce25c2adf6214edfce94625b567870fbca61861e72b3d0859ec35e65b5589ccafac747c5690bd28f98bf756346
Homepage: https://www.mercurial-scm.org/
Description-en: easy-to-use, scalable distributed version control system
Mercurial is a fast, lightweight Source Control Management system designed
for efficient handling of very large distributed projects.
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Its features include:
* O(1) delta-compressed file storage and retrieval scheme
* Complete cross-indexing of files and changesets for efficient exploration
of project history
* Robust SHA1-based integrity checking and append-only storage model
* Decentralized development model with arbitrary merging between trees
* High-speed HTTP-based network merge protocol
* Easy-to-use command-line interface
* Integrated stand-alone web interface
* Small Python codebase
.
This package contains the architecture dependent files.
Description-md5: 01f62ef3bd1477c40a17577e8dcc5e14

Package: mercurial
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 182
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Python Applications Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.7.3-1ubuntu1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), python (<< 2.8), python (>= 2.7~), ucf (>= 2.0020), mercurial-common (= 3.7.3-1ubuntu1)
Recommends: openssh-client
Suggests: qct, kdiff3 | kdiff3-qt | kompare | meld | tkcvs | mgdiff
Breaks: hgsubversion (<< 1.8.3-2), hgview-common (<< 1.8.1), mercurial-crecord (<= 0.20140626-1), mercurial-git (<< 0.8.3-1), qct (<< 1.7-2~)
Filename: pool/universe/m/mercurial/mercurial_3.7.3-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 46304
MD5sum: 10fc355f62c344d121aa5c854adfa167
SHA1: 8c338ed74f97ca1371eb0c5fd408cc972dbc0fd9
SHA256: 2db1dc12e51a71dc3e6a1deadaeee83dfa546c1924dbd7c450beec97bdd6c4fa
Description-en: easy-to-use, scalable distributed version control system
Mercurial is a fast, lightweight Source Control Management system designed
for efficient handling of very large distributed projects.
.
Its features include:
* O(1) delta-compressed file storage and retrieval scheme
* Complete cross-indexing of files and changesets for efficient exploration
of project history
* Robust SHA1-based integrity checking and append-only storage model
* Decentralized development model with arbitrary merging between trees
* High-speed HTTP-based network merge protocol
* Easy-to-use command-line interface
* Integrated stand-alone web interface
* Small Python codebase
.
This package contains the architecture dependent files.
Description-md5: 01f62ef3bd1477c40a17577e8dcc5e14
Homepage: https://www.mercurial-scm.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu