How to Install and Uninstall thrift-compiler Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 02,2024

1. Install "thrift-compiler" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install thrift-compiler on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install thrift-compiler

2. Uninstall "thrift-compiler" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall thrift-compiler on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove thrift-compiler $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the thrift-compiler package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: thrift-compiler
Priority: extra
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 2875
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.9.1-2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libstdc++6 (>= 4.9)
Filename: pool/universe/t/thrift-compiler/thrift-compiler_0.9.1-2_amd64.deb
Size: 819136
MD5sum: e2d79d1e12b53c604f1211c8a6684e77
SHA1: 98ed5fd0dedda3cfa256da54a107f43657840f5f
SHA256: 8aed0f8ab1eb265cd88d6f3d4b50d4ebfe60460772006bca55dbb5f489071de5
Description-en: code generator/compiler for Thrift definitions
Thrift is a software framework for the development of reliable and
performant communication and data serialization. It combines a software
stack with code generation to build services that operate seamlessly
across a number of different development languages.
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This package contains the compiler used to generate language code from
Thrift definition files.
Description-md5: aa3c14719088a9d986da506824ca1ed8
Homepage: http://thrift.apache.org
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu