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

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "symlinks" package

Please follow the steps below to install symlinks on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall symlinks on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: symlinks
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 56
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Gunnar Wolf
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.4-3
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Filename: pool/universe/s/symlinks/symlinks_1.4-3_amd64.deb
Size: 10254
MD5sum: f378b055e2bb9c0d50a9930079ea475e
SHA1: 8fdabc928139dc6dabb97e4d4d089d80be52861c
SHA256: b74def6d097ec523a69d9a16ee751002e88bc11130816da6f430d79b2344f1d6
Description-en: scan/change symbolic links
Symlinks scans directories for symbolic links and lists
them on stdout. Each link is prefixed with a classification
of relative, absolute, dangling, messy, lengthy or other_fs.
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Symlinks can also convert absolute links (within the same filesystem)
to relative links and can delete messy and dangling links.
Description-md5: 8b394270bf455093283fc1b107b84003
Multi-Arch: foreign
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu