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

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "python-xdg" package

Please follow the instructions below to install python-xdg on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                python-xdg
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "python-xdg" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall python-xdg on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: python-xdg
Architecture: all
Version: 0.25-4ubuntu0.16.04.1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/python
Source: pyxdg
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Python Modules Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 162
Depends: python (>= 2.7), python (<< 2.8)
Filename: pool/universe/p/pyxdg/python-xdg_0.25-4ubuntu0.16.04.1_all.deb
Size: 31220
MD5sum: 7712f5c041c21bb2b2c2fd71303e2582
SHA1: 2d58df56d2413aa9d3185a1314b27179be7aafdd
SHA256: e8348754558b935b7c69e6a29e63dd5fe8d9f3ea9ecf44ffe1cb58c934121fc4
SHA512: c8be3d30e0e2a6e598f08d19c49c5ac166fa96409d267ba531d78a8218ddc950fb9dd33a7060d778538ea836f4ca695e5ddc178489e1a22cb2a19d292178da2c
Homepage: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/pyxdg
Description-en: Python 2 library to access freedesktop.org standards
PyXDG contains implementations of freedesktop.org standards in Python:
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* Base Directory Specification Version 0.6
* Menu Specification Version 1.0-draft1
* Desktop Entry Specification Version 1.0
* Icon Theme Specification Version 0.8
* Recent File Spec 0.2
* Shared-MIME-Database Specification 0.13
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This package contains the Python 2 version of the library.
Description-md5: 207fa0b47cf9e6e4652f4db6ceb58ee7
Task: lubuntu-core, ubuntustudio-video, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntu-sdk, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop
Supported: 5y

Package: python-xdg
Priority: optional
Section: universe/python
Installed-Size: 180
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Python Modules Team
Architecture: all
Source: pyxdg
Version: 0.25-4
Depends: python (>= 2.7), python (<< 2.8), python:any (>= 2.7.1-0ubuntu2)
Filename: pool/universe/p/pyxdg/python-xdg_0.25-4_all.deb
Size: 31398
MD5sum: ae7887be1f333533ad1fc7830b1ac24b
SHA1: 794c54832a8a0a86c06646acb5e5b26f36cebbe3
SHA256: cd6bb3ff772353dbc2f2b0e6d00b331a3c2779ae6b525f13ed3f0245a8ce48d9
Description-en: Python 2 library to access freedesktop.org standards
PyXDG contains implementations of freedesktop.org standards in Python:
.
* Base Directory Specification Version 0.6
* Menu Specification Version 1.0-draft1
* Desktop Entry Specification Version 1.0
* Icon Theme Specification Version 0.8
* Recent File Spec 0.2
* Shared-MIME-Database Specification 0.13
.
This package contains the Python 2 version of the library.
Description-md5: 207fa0b47cf9e6e4652f4db6ceb58ee7
Homepage: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/pyxdg
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: lubuntu-core, ubuntustudio-video, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntu-sdk, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop