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

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "metainit" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install metainit on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


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

Package: metainit
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 116
Maintainer: Ubuntu MOTU Developers
Original-Maintainer: Joachim Breitner
Architecture: all
Version: 0.0.5
Depends: perl (>= 5.6.0-16)
Filename: pool/universe/m/metainit/metainit_0.0.5_all.deb
Size: 12578
MD5sum: 9be39f6b99a017a99a0a1e41cd3fa391
SHA1: 871ac058a243e321dcaf3011cd17d84a4583140f
SHA256: 7facde25b4f8da02a374a5414b3a5c3238c43e3f124175e081e4b8ebec72df9c
Description-en: Generates init scripts
Metainit solves the problem of writing good init scripts.
Instead of manually creating these important files, they are
derived from a declaritive description in the metainit files
in /etc/metainit. These files can be shipped with packages
or created by the local administrator.
Description-md5: d6808d06ab6cc941e3daa1c5452bb12b
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu