How to Install and Uninstall pristine-tar Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "pristine-tar" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install pristine-tar on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                pristine-tar
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "pristine-tar" package

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


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

Package: pristine-tar
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 519
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.33
Depends: xdelta, libbz2-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.14), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), perl, tar (>= 1.27-3)
Recommends: pbzip2, bzip2, xz-utils
Filename: pool/universe/p/pristine-tar/pristine-tar_1.33_amd64.deb
Size: 101876
MD5sum: fb34c88990c850f424316adb128388c4
SHA1: 1e8fd62c9663691f96f2ed2afff2aba75016b24a
SHA256: 92a3e02c359844cd86b76de33bad23c5272d01e8e070d8fa42eb2d8efeb69bff
Description-en: regenerate pristine tarballs
pristine-tar can regenerate a pristine upstream tarball using only a small
binary delta file and a revision control checkout of the upstream branch.
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The package also includes a pristine-gz command, which can regenerate a
pristine .gz file, a pristine-bz2 for .bz2 files, and a pristine-xz for .xz
files.
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The delta file is designed to be checked into revision control along-side
the upstream branch, thus allowing Debian packages to be built entirely
using sources in revision control, without the need to keep copies of
upstream tarballs.
Description-md5: ac4cdcaa0fd44280ad2423a27a6893df
Homepage: http://kitenet.net/~joey/code/pristine-tar/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Task: ubuntu-sdk