How to Install and Uninstall mutter-dbg Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 04,2024

1. Install "mutter-dbg" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install mutter-dbg on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "mutter-dbg" package

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


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

Package: mutter-dbg
Priority: extra
Section: universe/debug
Installed-Size: 1910
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: mutter
Version: 3.18.3-0ubuntu2
Depends: mutter (= 3.18.3-0ubuntu2), libmutter0g (= 3.18.3-0ubuntu2)
Filename: pool/universe/m/mutter/mutter-dbg_3.18.3-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 1594968
MD5sum: 2e348071c0936dd144670754aea9bf90
SHA1: b77c7da54c31412c97b2f358388b510437a7e81b
SHA256: 3bc9a9f160383aef92ec82c816bbb94d9c83f5ca3bb8d53488b2560c64c3f19b
Description-en: Debugging symbols for the Mutter window manager
Mutter is a small window manager, using GTK+ and Clutter to do
everything.
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Mutter is the clutter-based evolution of Metacity, which, as the
author says, is a "Boring window manager for the adult in you. Many
window managers are like Marshmallow Froot Loops; Metacity is like
Cheerios."
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This package contains detached debugging symbols.
Description-md5: 1ada9c91fd96581a87a24febd76fa023
Build-Ids: 1279409d7349afc27637a5374f62d2fc97fc5e28 16a0f80d8c75c2422e515df988b900a4c0baf513 60e54fdc5b6cd02873ae7ee621f13840366f9c47
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m