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

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "parallel" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install parallel on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


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

Package: parallel
Architecture: all
Version: 20161222-1~ubuntu0.16.04.1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Rogério Brito
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 997
Depends: perl, procps, sysstat
Filename: pool/universe/p/parallel/parallel_20161222-1~ubuntu0.16.04.1_all.deb
Size: 259794
MD5sum: 3958253ce582324455b26e8ac49cfb37
SHA1: 9d454d14ee63011e5d284dc3a05fd26fc37d75e2
SHA256: 5a4dd6ef68a2da4e1b87092ade30a42554ba1364dcb582656229efe54ce74e82
SHA512: f4af8a5bda23f087e0d34f775969e6fa155dbbf819d9c66bac7f1be3341f3f55c8254fa6d3063c031c5b12018c5fa6c763279ec89ca3a69ff9e1db44fe81ea85
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/
Description-en: build and execute command lines from standard input in parallel
GNU Parallel is a shell tool for executing jobs in parallel using one
or more machines. A job is typically a single command or a small
script that has to be run for each of the lines in the input. The
typical input is a list of files, a list of hosts, a list of users, or
a list of tables.
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If you use xargs today you will find GNU Parallel very easy to use. If
you write loops in shell, you will find GNU Parallel may be able to
replace most of the loops and make them run faster by running jobs in
parallel. If you use ppss or pexec you will find GNU Parallel will
often make the command easier to read.
.
GNU Parallel also makes sure output from the commands is the same
output as you would get had you run the commands sequentially. This
makes it possible to use output from GNU Parallel as input for other
programs.
Description-md5: 8a851a81a172dd16a4bcbeb1f8f3c4ab

Package: parallel
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 724
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Rogério Brito
Architecture: all
Version: 20141022+ds1-1
Depends: perl-modules, sysstat, perl
Conflicts: moreutils
Filename: pool/universe/p/parallel/parallel_20141022+ds1-1_all.deb
Size: 206338
MD5sum: 9c72ef971f4ad0eda2b94016a957222e
SHA1: 04a036522d486117b594e5c0001ddf22f08f1e51
SHA256: cbc9c5f43cddaa34c5b382146408a59f89be5abe712c4056243c58f8e6910131
Description-en: build and execute command lines from standard input in parallel
GNU Parallel is a shell tool for executing jobs in parallel using one
or more machines. A job is typically a single command or a small
script that has to be run for each of the lines in the input. The
typical input is a list of files, a list of hosts, a list of users, or
a list of tables.
.
If you use xargs today you will find GNU Parallel very easy to use. If
you write loops in shell, you will find GNU Parallel may be able to
replace most of the loops and make them run faster by running jobs in
parallel. If you use ppss or pexec you will find GNU Parallel will
often make the command easier to read.
.
GNU Parallel also makes sure output from the commands is the same
output as you would get had you run the commands sequentially. This
makes it possible to use output from GNU Parallel as input for other
programs.
Description-md5: 8a851a81a172dd16a4bcbeb1f8f3c4ab
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu