How to Install and Uninstall msr-tools Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: April 27,2024

1. Install "msr-tools" package

Please follow the instructions below to install msr-tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                msr-tools
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "msr-tools" package

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


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

Package: msr-tools
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 64
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Andres Salomon
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.3-2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Filename: pool/main/m/msr-tools/msr-tools_1.3-2_amd64.deb
Size: 10636
MD5sum: 5ffb50c3889cfccc901b940923d89e29
SHA1: e44eb1c5c1160137ba2026f935e12bd56f59df0b
SHA256: 1334e2152dd81de8937e97107ff8b7d1f6e739db1ca6ea79467f472557b2261e
Description-en: Utilities for modifying MSRs from userspace
MSRs are Machine Specific Registers that are used to set values for
hardware to use, or to pass values between the BIOS and kernel. This
package provides utilies to both read and write MSRs. Reading and
writing MSRs might be useful when debugging kernel drivers, for example.
Description-md5: 95866ee428947792b0bd008175c572ad
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: virt-host