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

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "trickle" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install trickle on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


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

Package: trickle
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 154
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Robert Lemmen
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.07-10ubuntu2
Depends: libbsd0 (>= 0.0), libc6 (>= 2.15), libevent-2.0-5 (>= 2.0.10-stable)
Filename: pool/universe/t/trickle/trickle_1.07-10ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 34554
MD5sum: 50d8377dae98803430280eef6d73220e
SHA1: f583ed054cb3b7adabbf79f893a42337abdb9b29
SHA256: 1d57ff9f5b542e61ce318d083ba5cf58cef8a6e5f8d5cd138a31a95c8bfaa177
Description-en: user-space bandwidth shaper
Trickle is a voluntary, cooperative bandwidth shaper. it works
entirely in userland and is very easy to use.
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The most simple application is to limit the bandwidth usage of programs.
Description-md5: 84b7ecc8ce284790e36a3acf902e8b29
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu