How to Install and Uninstall neard Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "neard" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install neard on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install neard

2. Uninstall "neard" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall neard on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove neard $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the neard package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: neard
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 310
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Samuel Ortiz
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.11-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.1.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.28.0), libnl-3-200 (>= 3.2.16), libnl-genl-3-200 (>= 3.2.16), dbus, kmod
Recommends: bluez
Filename: pool/universe/n/neard/neard_0.11-1_amd64.deb
Size: 107404
MD5sum: daeec39054a0e939ed04471b083b10a9
SHA1: 166e3dc79dc00bebb8d316ca99bdf174281e2ac7
SHA256: b7baa4560dfbf2c371b85a6855458435f15301c3ea73fe9c190493b73c26b895
Description-en: Near Field Communication (NFC) management daemon
neard is a system-level daemon which manages NFC adapters.
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neard can read and write NFC tags, and exchange data with other NFC peers.
It supports:
* reading and writing of type 1, 2, 3 and 4 tags;
* exchanging data with NFC peers via SNEP (Simple NDEF Exchange Format);
* Bluetooth-NFC handover in both selector and requester modes.
Description-md5: 7f98b893e3f72e34c5f179b0c2de1f76
Homepage: https://01.org/linux-nfc
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu