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

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "netbase" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                netbase
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "netbase" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall netbase on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: netbase
Priority: important
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 66
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Marco d'Itri
Architecture: all
Version: 5.3
Depends: lsb-base (>= 3.0-6)
Recommends: ifupdown
Breaks: ifupdown (<< 0.7)
Filename: pool/main/n/netbase/netbase_5.3_all.deb
Size: 12906
MD5sum: 98b2fc463221bbf6f07e0f1b5a0a91ee
SHA1: 842e40117f9852facc185f854bb2e9d6627b83d5
SHA256: e8b9da811554f9189e043c6461f357d3373b5ab403c1f26c88ab17a9f77c0795
Description-en: Basic TCP/IP networking system
This package provides the necessary infrastructure for basic TCP/IP based
networking.
Description-md5: 90e64df001afc51592384425bd1cc431
Multi-Arch: foreign
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: minimal, ubuntu-core, ubuntu-core, ubuntu-sdk-libs-tools, ubuntu-sdk