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

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "tftp" package

This guide let you learn how to install tftp on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


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

Package: tftp
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 84
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta
Architecture: amd64
Source: netkit-tftp
Version: 0.17-18ubuntu2
Replaces: netstd
Depends: netbase, libc6 (>= 2.11)
Filename: pool/universe/n/netkit-tftp/tftp_0.17-18ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 17562
MD5sum: 1b2915e86a1310a66b2e512ca7573a74
SHA1: 7ebeaeed118d4c42664353ce644f34318ffb8c35
SHA256: 224f398eac7bbe7404d32fbe357ae6c4f40e57e01c962b035b57b34443fcdce2
Description-en: Trivial file transfer protocol client
Tftp is the user interface to the Internet TFTP (Trivial File Transfer
Protocol), which allows users to transfer files to and from a remote machine.
The remote host may be specified on the command line, in which case tftp uses
host as the default host for future transfers.
Description-md5: 580035d0c210b1c93e955cb42e3fd646
Homepage: http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~dholland/computers/netkit.html
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu