How to Install and Uninstall similarity-tester Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "similarity-tester" package

Please follow the guidance below to install similarity-tester on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                similarity-tester
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "similarity-tester" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall similarity-tester on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: similarity-tester
Priority: extra
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 358
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Michael Meskes
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.89-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Filename: pool/universe/s/similarity-tester/similarity-tester_2.89-1_amd64.deb
Size: 52360
MD5sum: 250ba1b6cefe1085ebe5c6f527a80953
SHA1: 71da3f661a5cb631b1be2910b87ab0febdfcc211
SHA256: c0c659f3c1c7ee9fa11abafa8b1a1c1340cbe0f929ab64a727e7701b3620ec8b
Description-en: Find lexical similarities between files
Find lexical similarities in texts in C, Java, Pascal, Modula-2, Lisp,
Miranda and natural language. This can be used to detect potentially duplicated
code fragments in large software projects and to detect plagiarism in software
and text-based projects, educational and otherwise.
Description-md5: 49b228f8bc259ef8e040080eca2d1c2a
Homepage: http://dickgrune.com/Programs/similarity_tester
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu