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

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "safecat" package

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


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

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


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

Package: safecat
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 76
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Teemu Hukkanen
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.13-2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Filename: pool/universe/s/safecat/safecat_1.13-2_amd64.deb
Size: 19918
MD5sum: 87052b62a6564a50c7713b4797e40de3
SHA1: cc56c6d822aaaf01db5d0f8d783fccc05a7fec8b
SHA256: fe61452d93bd2d302ad29251a8d4fd037333319c0784fc90946ef97e4fef6472
Description-en: Safely copy stdin to a file
Safecat is a program which implements Daniel Bernstein's maildir
algorithm to copy stdin safely to a file in a specified directory.
It can be used to write mail messages to a qmail-style maildir, or to
write data to a "spool" directory reliably.
Description-md5: b0c654b7a1347ac7332d0fcce4850a49
Homepage: http://pobox.com/~lbudney/linux/software/safecat.html
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu