How to Install and Uninstall mime-support Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "mime-support" package

Please follow the steps below to install mime-support on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                mime-support
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "mime-support" package

Learn how to uninstall mime-support on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: mime-support
Priority: important
Section: net
Installed-Size: 111
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Mime-Support Maintainers
Architecture: all
Version: 3.59ubuntu1
Recommends: file
Filename: pool/main/m/mime-support/mime-support_3.59ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 31022
MD5sum: 50719df7c78eceded3f4b2a7e444e90a
SHA1: 7f18e9594ba0658cf92a2e60f44af1e06564e0aa
SHA256: 29abe7edbf483f0fd8e54735d385f200f04f6303f8aeb8d060c8cf8914b37078
Description-en: MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap', and support programs
As these files can be used by all MIME compliant programs, they
have been moved into their own package that others can depend upon.
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Other packages add themselves as viewers/editors/composers/etc by
using the provided "update-mime" program.
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In addition, the commands "see", "edit", "compose", and "print"
will display, alter, create, and print (respectively) any file using
a program determined from the entries in the mime.types and mailcap
files.
Description-md5: 6a960d88790635886bd17b629c708b8c
Multi-Arch: foreign
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: minimal, ubuntu-core, ubuntu-core, ubuntu-sdk-libs-dev