How to Install and Uninstall num-utils Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: March 15,2025

1. Install "num-utils" package

Learn how to install num-utils on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "num-utils" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall num-utils on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: num-utils
Priority: optional
Section: universe/math
Installed-Size: 196
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bart Martens
Architecture: all
Version: 0.5-11
Depends: perl
Filename: pool/universe/n/num-utils/num-utils_0.5-11_all.deb
Size: 54224
MD5sum: 6545487bc7713995bf0ceb30a070852b
SHA1: d86465207da25d1c7a9e26e43c4b3b84b30d6e1a
SHA256: d22b60d408ef190eaa5f100c6f4a2cf4cd3132a42242cf0340e24555de442496
Description-en: programs for dealing with numbers from the command line
The 'num-utils' are a set of programs for dealing with numbers from the
Unix command line. Much like the other Unix command line utilities like
grep, awk, sort, cut, etc. these utilities work on data from both
standard in and data from files.
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Includes these programs:
* numaverage: A program for calculating the average of numbers.
* numbound: Finds the boundary numbers (min and max) of input.
* numinterval: Shows the numeric intervals between each number in a sequence.
* numnormalize: Normalizes a set of numbers between 0 and 1 by default.
* numgrep: Like normal grep, but for sets of numbers.
* numprocess: Do mathematical operations on numbers.
* numsum: Add up all the numbers.
* numrandom: Generate a random number from a given expression.
* numrange: Generate a set of numbers in a range expression.
* numround: Round each number according to its value.
Description-md5: 6dcbe247a8bd0700680524a0a64d8f2f
Homepage: http://suso.suso.org/programs/num-utils/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu