How to Install and Uninstall python-pkginfo Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "python-pkginfo" package

This is a short guide on how to install python-pkginfo on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install python-pkginfo

2. Uninstall "python-pkginfo" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall python-pkginfo on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove python-pkginfo $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the python-pkginfo package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: python-pkginfo
Priority: optional
Section: universe/python
Installed-Size: 59
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Python Modules Team
Architecture: all
Version: 1.2.1-1
Depends: python-pkg-resources, python:any (<< 2.8), python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
Recommends: python-pkginfo-doc (= 1.2.1-1)
Filename: pool/universe/p/python-pkginfo/python-pkginfo_1.2.1-1_all.deb
Size: 12122
MD5sum: 918358e6fbce3187ec0e52186bb37a36
SHA1: ab315b3a259f80056294e2a9cf58c07c61c3356c
SHA256: d3d3ce022737af1f0ab50a27e53c57721f5b18b514da74569c41ea68497e5188
Description-en: Python 2.x module to query metadata from packages
This package provides an API for querying the distutils metadata written in
the PKG-INFO file inside a source distribution (an sdist), or into the
EGG-INFO directory of an installed distribution.
.
This package contains the Python 2 version of the library
Description-md5: 31cb72d124064d116eaa9959258012bb
Homepage: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pkginfo/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu