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

Last updated: December 25,2024

1. Install "prey" package

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


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall prey on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: prey
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 1178
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Facundo Guerrero
Architecture: all
Version: 0.6.2-1.1
Depends: openssl, imagemagick | scrot, bash (>= 4), curl, streamer, libio-socket-ssl-perl, libnet-ssleay-perl, python:any (>= 2.6.6-7~), perl, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Recommends: python-gtk2
Filename: pool/universe/p/prey/prey_0.6.2-1.1_all.deb
Size: 526284
MD5sum: 655c7452f4542a2305d1c002f07d7cb8
SHA1: 4ad2e7b489c426f851e6f337341fd94f2ac5dafa
SHA256: 1f6701ec5946170fcb881378d5809bd5ddabd2575a86042bf31c39dfd260d428
Description-en: utility for tracking stolen computers
Prey is a lightweight program to help track and recover a stolen laptop.
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It comprises a shell script which calls out on a regular basis to
either a server run by the Prey project, or a URL defined by the system
administrator. A graphical configuration tool is also provided in
order to maintain the simple config file.
Description-md5: 1de0b2602a0b82d3a4f6cef3f85bfb00
Homepage: http://www.preyproject.com/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu