How to Install and Uninstall module-assistant Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: February 08,2025

1. Install "module-assistant" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install module-assistant on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                module-assistant
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "module-assistant" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall module-assistant on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: module-assistant
Priority: optional
Section: universe/misc
Installed-Size: 389
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Eduard Bloch
Architecture: all
Version: 0.11.8
Depends: perl, libtext-wrapi18n-perl, bzip2, xz-utils
Recommends: liblocale-gettext-perl
Suggests: build-essential, dialog | whiptail
Filename: pool/universe/m/module-assistant/module-assistant_0.11.8_all.deb
Size: 90062
MD5sum: 0ca189b59266754d2365b28dfbd964c4
SHA1: f194ac869ea7c8431ae7582dc4d67400e9c4e6bb
SHA256: 0c45e98cbafe94e7010b50155f5f1bf5037844a8f3b7fdd6f876196e315f1e77
Description-en: tool to make module package creation easier
The module-assistant tool (also known as m-a) helps users and maintainers
with managing external Linux kernel modules packaged for Debian. It can
do:
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* automated preparation of build environment for module compilation
(e.g. automatic detection and installation of required kernel
source/headers);
* automated module source downloads;
* configuration and tracking of external and locally built modules
packages;
* semi-automated multiple builds for multiple kernel versions;
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It also contains some infrastructure to be used by the build-scripts in the
accompanying modules-source packages in Debian.
Description-md5: 4d415456386f01e0620452c1c9436b49
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu