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

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "packagekit-tools" package

This is a short guide on how to install packagekit-tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                packagekit-tools
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "packagekit-tools" package

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


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

Package: packagekit-tools
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1.5
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Source: packagekit
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klumpp
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 166
Depends: python3-aptdaemon.pkcompat | packagekit-system-interface | packagekit (= 0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1.5), libc6 (>= 2.7), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3), libpackagekit-glib2-16 (>= 0.8.10)
Filename: pool/main/p/packagekit/packagekit-tools_0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1.5_amd64.deb
Size: 40640
MD5sum: c34420539a2310177f76456d418b3892
SHA1: 00589f1136cf6964f30b1a2eab3f75f41ad07a35
SHA256: 7272b01317bf1d1df9f0cf954c2f83e889fe8bb9ecd16058a66d640e03e65a22
SHA512: 249f2c4606773882b224adfe538afefb53df1e80f3f0a94860e81e64f23feb38dd13f5c85088579a5b24941a926ee1be5130f0dadc266eaf8485cc5cbcaeef7e
Homepage: http://www.packagekit.org
Description-en: Provides PackageKit command-line tools
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.
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This package provides the PackageKit command-line tools.
Description-md5: 8ba205caa823fb175b63d5c17f441a15
Task: ubuntu-touch-core, ubuntu-touch
Supported: 5y

Package: packagekit-tools
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 162
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klumpp
Architecture: amd64
Source: packagekit
Version: 0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1
Depends: python3-aptdaemon.pkcompat | packagekit-system-interface | packagekit (= 0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.7), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3), libpackagekit-glib2-16 (>= 0.8.10)
Filename: pool/main/p/packagekit/packagekit-tools_0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 40556
MD5sum: 077278ece86f1219463f05ae370a2657
SHA1: 0b150592434d3c5dbb9b434e1deac926ca3b133d
SHA256: 9bd4f4bf31d2402018b1559053f0d349927a856e1c518d56db9614a060448f85
Description-en: Provides PackageKit command-line tools
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.
.
This package provides the PackageKit command-line tools.
Description-md5: 8ba205caa823fb175b63d5c17f441a15
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