How to Install and Uninstall mtp-server Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "mtp-server" package

This guide let you learn how to install mtp-server on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install mtp-server

2. Uninstall "mtp-server" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall mtp-server on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove mtp-server $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the mtp-server package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: mtp-server
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 484
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Thomas Voß
Architecture: amd64
Source: mtp
Version: 0.0.4+15.04.20150219-0ubuntu3~gcc5.1
Depends: lsb-base (>= 4.1+Debian11ubuntu7), libandroid-properties1, libboost-filesystem1.58.0, libboost-system1.58.0, libboost-thread1.58.0, libc6 (>= 2.14), libdbus-cpp5, libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libgoogle-glog0v5, libmtpserver1, libstdc++6 (>= 5.2)
Filename: pool/universe/m/mtp/mtp-server_0.0.4+15.04.20150219-0ubuntu3~gcc5.1_amd64.deb
Size: 106462
MD5sum: 1ee207824d920f603bc8176e2e9a5469
SHA1: 83b52e5954194ecec41344027184828c27eb7374
SHA256: 3d2ce640db1b8bbe61d731f566e546a303f92c098b962d6d35b058d57982da02
Description-en: Small server implementation of MTP.
Exposes phone storage over MTP.
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Contains a simple MTP server that exposes images, videos, and music.
Description-md5: a2f9cd805d7e8e485d7c054a63a9c449
Homepage: http://launchpad.net/mtp
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Task: ubuntu-touch-core, ubuntu-touch