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

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "prelink" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install prelink on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt install
            
                        
                prelink
            
                    
    
    Copied

2. Uninstall "prelink" package

Learn how to uninstall prelink on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                prelink
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
    Copied

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

Package: prelink
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 1866
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Geoffrey Thomas
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.0.20130503-1.1
Depends: execstack
Filename: pool/universe/p/prelink/prelink_0.0.20130503-1.1_amd64.deb
Size: 958974
MD5sum: 1f9e66ec910926cb10a8db3df5d736ff
SHA1: a513e17ec96085b0407d1f59b1870d264d3189bd
SHA256: 290241c55a9d7439ff057e91bcd96b66c6d31bdca6b02cd2bbac800722369836
Description-en: ELF prelinking utility to speed up dynamic linking
The prelink package contains a utility which modifies ELF shared libraries
and executables, so that far fewer relocations need to be resolved at
runtime and thus programs come up faster.
Description-md5: 1ade5174725a7157c61484d6294558c9
Built-Using: elfutils (= 0.163-4ubuntu1), glibc (= 2.21-0ubuntu4), libselinux (= 2.3-2build1)
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu