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

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "sup" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install sup on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall sup on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: sup
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 264
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jochen Friedrich
Architecture: amd64
Version: 20100519-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.11), libwrap0 (>= 7.6-4~)
Filename: pool/universe/s/sup/sup_20100519-1_amd64.deb
Size: 106726
MD5sum: 963acf823247267328faf8fa7503b79e
SHA1: 2873f837d40f19530892b2377d9881232713eb45
SHA256: 2648962ff8a7be924796b97c9f04dda34eef183811075b0ba2b029a863ce4d67
Description-en: Software Upgrade Protocol implementation
The SUP System is a set of programs developed by Carnegie Mellon
University that provide for collections of files to be maintained in
identical versions across a number of machines. These programs are:
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SUP: The "client" program, run by users or system maintainers, which
initiates the upgrade activity on a machine requesting the
latest version of a collection of files. SUP will normally be
run as a daemon, firing up once each night (week, etc.) to
upgrade the specified file collections.
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SUPFILESRV: The "file server" program, a daemon that is run by the
system maintainer to service requests for files initiated by client
SUP programs. The file server runs on every machine used as a
"repository" of distributable versions of files. It runs continuously
and listens for network connection requests by individual client
processes; for each individual client request, a process is forked to
service that request.
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SUPSCAN: The "file scanner" program, that may optionally be run
periodically to speed up execution of the file server. It
pre-compiles a list of files on the file system that match the
specifications for a given file collection so that the file server
need not do this during each upgrade of that collection. The file
scanner is normally used daily for very large file collections that
are upgraded by many clients each day; it is not so useful for small
file collections or for those that are upgraded by only a few client
machines per day.
Description-md5: 8878007a6b8b089db88a860a9bc59d46
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu