How to Install and Uninstall tiny-initramfs Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: November 07,2024

1. Install "tiny-initramfs" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install tiny-initramfs on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                tiny-initramfs
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "tiny-initramfs" package

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


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

Package: tiny-initramfs
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 34
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Christian Seiler
Architecture: all
Version: 0.1-1
Provides: linux-initramfs-tool
Depends: tiny-initramfs-core (>= 0.1-1), tiny-initramfs-core (<< 0.1-1+b+~)
Conflicts: dracut, initramfs-tools, live-tools
Filename: pool/universe/t/tiny-initramfs/tiny-initramfs_0.1-1_all.deb
Size: 4216
MD5sum: ac3a19139fa039cfafc45eca4dcff707
SHA1: 4a456213d78ffd4a3ddd328131bd325ee309097b
SHA256: 4acd4d470e9d83d2d6e073dbe164cd730792e8961e0acd2ca0956ae776b31686
Description-en: Minimalistic initramfs implementation (automation)
This package builds a bootable initramfs for Linux kernel packages.
The initramfs is loaded along with the kernel and is responsible for
mounting the root filesystem and starting the main init system.
Description-md5: f21681110ae703bb6849e64e50836f0b
Homepage: https://github.com/chris-se/tiny-initramfs/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu