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

Last updated: May 02,2024

1. Install "ucf" package

This is a short guide on how to install ucf on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall ucf on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: ucf
Priority: important
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 191
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Manoj Srivastava
Architecture: all
Version: 3.0036
Depends: debconf (>= 1.5.19), coreutils (>= 5.91)
Filename: pool/main/u/ucf/ucf_3.0036_all.deb
Size: 52946
MD5sum: 69c8bd539f6f461f680bf2bc1ef33fcd
SHA1: 3c6423a767ff6f4c9fa38a00c6c3046e37642f3b
SHA256: 51d6a88fd746fe1f6f9e9933f096cf53dc42aac357600e498d038d2c775afa80
Description-en: Update Configuration File(s): preserve user changes to config files
Debian policy mandates that user changes to configuration files must be
preserved during package upgrades. The easy way to achieve this behavior
is to make the configuration file a 'conffile', in which case dpkg
handles the file specially during upgrades, prompting the user as
needed.
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This is appropriate only if it is possible to distribute a default
version that will work for most installations, although some system
administrators may choose to modify it. This implies that the
default version will be part of the package distribution, and must
not be modified by the maintainer scripts during installation (or at
any other time).
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This script attempts to provide conffile-like handling for files that
may not be labelled conffiles, and are not shipped in a Debian package,
but handled by the postinst instead. This script allows one to
maintain files in /etc, preserving user changes and in general
offering the same facilities while upgrading that dpkg normally
provides for 'conffiles'.
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Additionally, this script provides facilities for transitioning a
file that had not been provided with conffile-like protection to come
under this schema, and attempts to minimize questions asked at
installation time. Indeed, the transitioning facility is better than the
one offered by dpkg while transitioning a file from a non-conffile to
conffile status.
Description-md5: 83e3ff2859524c831253d938da348878
Multi-Arch: foreign
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: minimal, ubuntu-sdk-libs