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

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "par" package

Please follow the instructions below to install par on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


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

Package: par
Priority: optional
Section: universe/text
Installed-Size: 132
Maintainer: Ubuntu MOTU Developers
Original-Maintainer: Kapil Hari Paranjape
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.52-3
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1)
Filename: pool/universe/p/par/par_1.52-3_amd64.deb
Size: 49156
MD5sum: cf8801e1a45da24087b4fe105998b2b9
SHA1: 871faefc01f49d4e7134b486264a9d83874bbac7
SHA256: 1e5c5ca3630d8f752a3f315ec56f42859931f4dc149a45bf393082076c5d0880
Description-en: Paragraph reformatter
Greatly enhanced fmt type program by Adam M. Costello.
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Can be used within vi or other editor to automatically reformat text
in a variety of ways.
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Perfect for use with email & usenet messages as it correctly handles
multiple levels of quoting characters.
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This version includes a patch allowing multi-byte and multi-width character
encodings.
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Homepage: http://www.nicemice.net/par/
Description-md5: 898846039a993eafc8d035abb45999b3
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu