How to Install and Uninstall ubuntu-restricted-addons Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "ubuntu-restricted-addons" package

This guide let you learn how to install ubuntu-restricted-addons on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                ubuntu-restricted-addons
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "ubuntu-restricted-addons" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall ubuntu-restricted-addons on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: ubuntu-restricted-addons
Priority: optional
Section: multiverse/metapackages
Installed-Size: 11
Maintainer: Evan Dandrea
Architecture: amd64
Version: 23
Recommends: gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly, flashplugin-installer, gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad, gstreamer1.0-libav, gstreamer1.0-fluendo-mp3, chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra, oxideqt-codecs-extra
Filename: pool/multiverse/u/ubuntu-restricted-addons/ubuntu-restricted-addons_23_amd64.deb
Size: 2856
MD5sum: 2676e331168b2581b874c3ce5811a0ff
SHA1: db525fc4186b3e7e0e48731c22db1ad38948cfcd
SHA256: c2d02cde422cbd63476ca73075b1514105daa3de13033dd68b679ea6fb71d153
Description-en: Commonly used restricted packages for Ubuntu
This package depends on some commonly used packages in the Ubuntu
universe and multiverse repositories.
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You should not install this package directly, but instead install the
ubuntu-restricted-extras package.
Description-md5: d4aa4cd0f0f949dc257017988928544e
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu