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

Last updated: April 18,2024

1. Install "udev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install udev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall udev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: udev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 229-4ubuntu21.31
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: important
Section: admin
Source: systemd
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian systemd Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 6733
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.17.14)
Depends: libacl1 (>= 2.2.51-8), libblkid1 (>= 2.19.1), libc6 (>= 2.17), libkmod2 (>= 5~), libselinux1 (>= 2.0.65), lsb-base (>= 4.1+Debian11ubuntu7), adduser, libudev1 (= 229-4ubuntu21.31), util-linux (>= 2.27.1), procps
Breaks: bash-completion (<< 1:2.1), consolekit (<< 0.4.6-1), ifupdown (<< 0.8.5~), kmod (<< 14), lvm2 (<< 2.02.133-1ubuntu1), mdadm (<< 3.3-2ubuntu3), plymouth (<< 0.9.0-7), systemd (<< 224-2)
Replaces: bash-completion (<< 1:2.1), systemd (<< 224-2)
Filename: pool/main/s/systemd/udev_229-4ubuntu21.31_amd64.deb
Size: 994624
MD5sum: 81a345c8a2974163144217b831a36103
SHA1: ef8af155d3dc1adad451287a5c9345aa54f72d46
SHA256: d70b761d57d363da383fb120d62ea557e5152b187380edf3006792b42fc820bc
SHA512: fd50c29e22726fb0bc7f81a6142437b4d508471a262638652106e879b75d267bba9a2d22636a9e900745aae6a1bf2f67ed296b06afc96c3b56e7891f8cae32fd
Homepage: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd
Description-en: /dev/ and hotplug management daemon
udev is a daemon which dynamically creates and removes device nodes from
/dev/, handles hotplug events and loads drivers at boot time.
Description-md5: e875ddb09f46f1f7672af537f0c875ca
Task: minimal, ubuntu-sdk
Supported: 5y

Package: udev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 229-4ubuntu21.27
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: important
Section: admin
Source: systemd
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian systemd Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 6732
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.17.14)
Depends: libacl1 (>= 2.2.51-8), libblkid1 (>= 2.19.1), libc6 (>= 2.17), libkmod2 (>= 5~), libselinux1 (>= 2.0.65), lsb-base (>= 4.1+Debian11ubuntu7), adduser, libudev1 (= 229-4ubuntu21.27), util-linux (>= 2.27.1), procps
Breaks: bash-completion (<< 1:2.1), consolekit (<< 0.4.6-1), ifupdown (<< 0.8.5~), kmod (<< 14), lvm2 (<< 2.02.133-1ubuntu1), mdadm (<< 3.3-2ubuntu3), plymouth (<< 0.9.0-7), systemd (<< 224-2)
Replaces: bash-completion (<< 1:2.1), systemd (<< 224-2)
Filename: pool/main/s/systemd/udev_229-4ubuntu21.27_amd64.deb
Size: 995648
MD5sum: 41b9ecd17da0562b0b149b09fbf62c48
SHA1: 470b60dc9f990c9bc528d6b2a14ce7b44a6088cc
SHA256: 9b4f26dc90d821cac1cb5e93291b2625f7f121093c2dcb4e4be277b096259e6b
SHA512: d01684835a63c1d1b11d7a927d879f9b0f74206df68e7ed41dd1cfff3b58006562fba8f9fd199047294e82b409af244752730095de08cca1d57c064000c61b58
Homepage: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd
Description-en: /dev/ and hotplug management daemon
udev is a daemon which dynamically creates and removes device nodes from
/dev/, handles hotplug events and loads drivers at boot time.
Description-md5: e875ddb09f46f1f7672af537f0c875ca
Task: minimal, ubuntu-sdk
Supported: 5y

Package: udev
Priority: important
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 6720
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian systemd Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: systemd
Version: 229-4ubuntu4
Replaces: bash-completion (<< 1:2.1), systemd (<< 224-2)
Depends: libacl1 (>= 2.2.51-8), libblkid1 (>= 2.19.1), libc6 (>= 2.17), libkmod2 (>= 5~), libselinux1 (>= 2.0.65), lsb-base (>= 4.1+Debian11ubuntu7), adduser, libudev1 (= 229-4ubuntu4), util-linux (>= 2.27.1), procps
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.17.14)
Breaks: bash-completion (<< 1:2.1), consolekit (<< 0.4.6-1), ifupdown (<< 0.8.5~), kmod (<< 14), lvm2 (<< 2.02.133-1ubuntu1), mdadm (<< 3.3-2ubuntu3), plymouth (<< 0.9.0-7), systemd (<< 224-2)
Filename: pool/main/s/systemd/udev_229-4ubuntu4_amd64.deb
Size: 989834
MD5sum: fe3f9f71984fd6172b19971fbb8691e5
SHA1: cce72fe1f4a5433eea47c8edfcb015d0b613fc5d
SHA256: a2fac68062d5f06192eacb8b9e59815cff20fc344e1bbc2e8d782d374e47d205
Description-en: /dev/ and hotplug management daemon
udev is a daemon which dynamically creates and removes device nodes from
/dev/, handles hotplug events and loads drivers at boot time.
Description-md5: e875ddb09f46f1f7672af537f0c875ca
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: minimal, ubuntu-sdk