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

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "simhash" package

This tutorial shows how to install simhash on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


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

Package: simhash
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 58
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Thomas Koch
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.0.20110213-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.4)
Filename: pool/universe/s/simhash/simhash_0.0.20110213-1_amd64.deb
Size: 13582
MD5sum: 679ff06c380bcac63cba7ae803f4edde
SHA1: 62864326365272e64a1915f828a0addb7809601e
SHA256: 01f23552f36f4d694aa5eae6f9ef6cac42b6b72e7303de025120964a9e53a356
Description-en: generate similarity hashes to find nearly duplicate files
One of the questions that it's nice to be able to answer about a pair of files
is the degree of similarity between them. This command-line tool is useful for
estimating the "degree of similarity" between a pair of nominally sequential
files such as textfiles. The tool uses Manassas's "shingleprinting" technique;
Description-md5: 9a38e02e3246466a8f7bad4141221f44
Homepage: http://wiki.cs.pdx.edu/forge/simhash.html
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu