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

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "packagekit" package

This tutorial shows how to install packagekit on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall packagekit on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: packagekit
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1.5
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klumpp
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1080
Provides: packagekit-system-interface
Depends: libglib2.0-bin, libpackagekit-glib2-16 (= 0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1.5), packagekit-backend-aptcc (= 0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1.5), policykit-1, libc6 (>= 2.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.99), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.5.9), libsystemd0
Recommends: packagekit-tools
Suggests: packagekit-backend-smart
Breaks: libpackagekit-glib2-14 (<= 0.7.6-4), libpackagekit-qt2-2 (<= 0.7.6-4), packagekit-backend-apt (<< 0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1.5), packagekit-backend-aptcc (<< 0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1.5), packagekit-backend-smart (<< 0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1.5), packagekit-offline-update (<< 0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1.5), packagekit-plugin-click (<= 0.3.1)
Filename: pool/main/p/packagekit/packagekit_0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1.5_amd64.deb
Size: 268630
MD5sum: cebacce6f0b3408692c02493e16a3732
SHA1: d3c0926101e8472decd3826332d314268901a783
SHA256: 6545f9f4774e05bef0e827b5e14a437512a2251a6c974a58287ec36a718784ea
SHA512: 1d1b924a0172c0e5b21f5154a26cb2ff313058c3198e27927842eccb5a61b310db163aa5ccfc85b08920c8f67c474660c0ffb8bf1235198fb8857ed3c0343399
Homepage: http://www.packagekit.org
Description-en: Provides a package management service
PackageKit allows performing simple software management tasks over a DBus
interface e.g. refreshing the cache, updating, installing and removing
software packages or searching for multimedia codecs and file handlers.
.
The work is done by backends which make use of the package manager shipped by
the corresponding distribution. PackageKit is not meant to replace
advanced tools like Synaptic.
.
The main benefits are:
- unified interface on several distributions
- fine grained privileges by using PolicyKit
- independency from a running desktop session during the processing
Description-md5: 2a370c6f43c72ec3adb4412d3b3bdca0
Task: ubuntu-touch-core, ubuntu-touch
Supported: 5y

Package: packagekit
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 1080
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klumpp
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1
Provides: packagekit-system-interface
Depends: libglib2.0-bin, libpackagekit-glib2-16 (= 0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1), packagekit-backend-aptcc (= 0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1), policykit-1, libc6 (>= 2.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.99), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.5.9), libsystemd0
Recommends: packagekit-tools
Suggests: packagekit-backend-smart
Breaks: libpackagekit-glib2-14 (<= 0.7.6-4), libpackagekit-qt2-2 (<= 0.7.6-4), packagekit-backend-apt (<< 0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1), packagekit-backend-aptcc (<< 0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1), packagekit-backend-smart (<< 0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1), packagekit-offline-update (<< 0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1), packagekit-plugin-click (<= 0.3.1)
Filename: pool/main/p/packagekit/packagekit_0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 268012
MD5sum: f4d4f9b8ab6fde668db098aff335491b
SHA1: 0b66b31a3d3447711844671519c6a737398208fb
SHA256: 893ff6091c69a70a4d0c859ec3a303937e6e9bd584fe25baada53e13108ca642
Description-en: Provides a package management service
PackageKit allows performing simple software management tasks over a DBus
interface e.g. refreshing the cache, updating, installing and removing
software packages or searching for multimedia codecs and file handlers.
.
The work is done by backends which make use of the package manager shipped by
the corresponding distribution. PackageKit is not meant to replace
advanced tools like Synaptic.
.
The main benefits are:
- unified interface on several distributions
- fine grained privileges by using PolicyKit
- independency from a running desktop session during the processing
Description-md5: 2a370c6f43c72ec3adb4412d3b3bdca0
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.packagekit.org
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m
Task: ubuntu-touch-core, ubuntu-touch