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

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "pmuninstall" package

Please follow the steps below to install pmuninstall on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install pmuninstall

2. Uninstall "pmuninstall" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall pmuninstall on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove pmuninstall $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the pmuninstall package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: pmuninstall
Priority: optional
Section: universe/perl
Installed-Size: 70
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Perl Group
Architecture: all
Version: 0.30-3
Depends: perl (>= 5.14.0), libcpan-distnameinfo-perl, libyaml-perl
Filename: pool/universe/p/pmuninstall/pmuninstall_0.30-3_all.deb
Size: 11628
MD5sum: 65bb841cefca66aa4814d20d502e2450
SHA1: 3a79cc0266f009cf3f718058b0b6abdad1240034
SHA256: b3a2941bb00f2ffe494b11d209c5af48da771969e39c28c3b80749ad89f0dafa
Description-en: script to uninstall modules installed from CPAN
pmuninstall is a fast module uninstaller. It reads installed files lists from
*.packlist files (generated when installing modules using e.g. cpanminus) and
deletes them.
Description-md5: 6c6bae9910339516d27f886833df2426
Homepage: https://metacpan.org/release/App-pmuninstall
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu