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

Last updated: February 16,2025

1. Install "quota" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install quota on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall quota on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: quota
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 1420
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Michael Meskes
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.03-2
Depends: e2fslibs (>= 1.37), libc6 (>= 2.7), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libldap-2.4-2 (>= 2.4.7), libnl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnl-genl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libtirpc1, libwrap0 (>= 7.6-4~), debconf (>= 1.2.9) | debconf-2.0, init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), lsb-base (>= 3.2-13)
Suggests: libnet-ldap-perl, rpcbind, default-mta | mail-transport-agent
Filename: pool/main/q/quota/quota_4.03-2_amd64.deb
Size: 249730
MD5sum: 8ab1c4eb2499b6f412dbbee3a17fff42
SHA1: b6daaf7d99228d0b77bc0eedf9667b9bc7c93032
SHA256: a5a4a33242c0c9bd8a4417647ce5b9dffdb21f9c0dda8ef2bcc51d3a60631e6d
Description-en: disk quota management tools
This package provides the standard set of utilities for manipulating
file system usage caps via the Linux Diskquota system. It can set hard
or soft limits with adjustable grace periods on block or inode usage for
users and groups. It allows users to check their quota status,
integrates with LDAP, and supports quotas on remote machines via NFS.
Description-md5: fd7c977b2fe98c77b859c245a0798bec
Homepage: http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxquota
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y