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

Last updated: February 02,2025

1. Install "primesieve" package

Please follow the guidance below to install primesieve on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


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

Package: primesieve
Priority: optional
Section: universe/math
Installed-Size: 10
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.6.0+ds-1
Depends: primesieve-bin
Filename: pool/universe/p/primesieve/primesieve_5.6.0+ds-1_amd64.deb
Size: 2802
MD5sum: c9762fef6ce870ffc12c0668825efe5b
SHA1: 2b4a2d273b4a84297a2bcc4634ad5c9c10aa269c
SHA256: b5d4c8297f2a0b629cc27abf46832144799a66339affbda363347a4030df6f2d
Description-en: fast prime number generator C/C++ library
primesieve is a free software program and C/C++ library that generates
primes using a highly optimized sieve of Eratosthenes implementation.
primesieve can generate primes and prime k-tuplets up to nearly 2^64.
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See http://primesieve.org/ for more information.
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This dummy package provides the standard installation.
Description-md5: 4373544486f792558b8c69edec28f825
Homepage: http://primesieve.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu