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

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "plank" package

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


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

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


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

Package: plank
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 383
Maintainer: Rico Tzschichholz
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.11.1-1
Depends: libplank1 (= 0.11.1-1), libc6 (>= 2.4), libcairo2 (>= 1.10.0), libgee-0.8-2 (>= 0.8.3), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.40.0), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.10.0), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libwnck-3-0 (>= 2.91.6)
Filename: pool/universe/p/plank/plank_0.11.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 81020
MD5sum: cb489db9921bae1f7363b153099e8a41
SHA1: 08bd391a1ddee44f8405355c0346805ecd0e273f
SHA256: e69c43f5c8fab0a3a15fae4d410600364b40f5af414c32d410c9fe4bc5870852
Description-en: Elegant, simple, clean dock
Plank is a dock enabling you to start applications and manage your windows.
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Plank is meant to be the simplest dock on the planet. The goal is to
provide just what a dock needs and absolutely nothing more. It is,
however, a library which can be extended to create other dock programs
with more advanced features.
Description-md5: b9109d91a55d0e2aab489b4b792f0107
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://launchpad.net/plank
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 3y
Task: ubuntu-mate-desktop