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

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "units" package

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


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall units on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: units
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 477
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Stephen Kitt
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.12-2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libreadline6 (>= 6.0)
Recommends: python-unidecode
Filename: pool/universe/u/units/units_2.12-2_amd64.deb
Size: 205886
MD5sum: a9dbf6426de49f7292b7b03f9f5f807d
SHA1: 9155eb700b992eb1a61ca1cf0bc8325f02d35bb0
SHA256: 302332b35efb287ae892df919bb98400e6ad92cc08e48394f4bd83b69246c52a
Description-en: converts between different systems of units
GNU 'units' program converts quantities expressed in various scales
to their equivalents in other scales. The 'units' program can only
handle multiplicative scale changes directly. It uses a functional
notation for non-proportional conversions such a Fahrenheit
temperature to Celsius temperature.
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This package includes the units_cur script to update currency
conversion information; this script requires a Python interpreter.
Description-md5: 0a069c1f48f84e43f60f88d764459b62
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/units/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu