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

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "units-filter" package

This guide let you learn how to install units-filter on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall units-filter on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: units-filter
Priority: optional
Section: universe/science
Installed-Size: 111
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Georges Khaznadar
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.7-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libgmp10, libstdc++6 (>= 4.4.0)
Suggests: wims
Filename: pool/universe/u/units-filter/units-filter_3.7-1_amd64.deb
Size: 29448
MD5sum: f43108a4430b3db2a72f916e87bad1ba
SHA1: 37564139c47cc8909a91055a36b3cb819fe46146
SHA256: f52bc228423159cc48c9345adce1dc817d40f61573aa4cebac4565b5968357be
Description-en: Parser for expressions concerning physical values
Units-filter is a basic standalone filter written in C language,
flex and bison. It inputs strings like "1.5e3 nN.m.s^-1" (it could
be the time growth ratio of a torque) and outputs the value in
standard SI unit, followed by the physical dimension of this value.
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example :~/src$ echo 1.5e3 nN.m.s^-1 | units-filter
1.5e-06 2 1 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0
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2 -3
which means : 1.5e-06 (SI unit) m .kg.s
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This parser can be embedded in educational test systems, in order to
analyze a student's answer to a problem of physics or chemistry.
Description-md5: ba84e63239655cb8e51f888634d9fe7a
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu