How to Install and Uninstall unity8-common Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "unity8-common" package

Please follow the guidance below to install unity8-common on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                unity8-common
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "unity8-common" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall unity8-common on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                unity8-common
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the unity8-common package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: unity8-common
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Installed-Size: 2168
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Architecture: all
Source: unity8
Version: 8.12+16.04.20160401-0ubuntu1
Replaces: unity8 (<< 7.86)
Depends: qml-module-qtquick-layouts, qtdeclarative5-ubuntu-settings-components (>= 0.7), qtdeclarative5-ubuntu-thumbnailer0.1 | ubuntu-thumbnailer-impl, qtdeclarative5-ubuntu-ui-toolkit-plugin (>= 1.3.1845) | qtdeclarative5-ubuntu-ui-toolkit-plugin-gles (>= 1.3.1845), qtdeclarative5-unity-notifications-plugin (>= 0.1.2) | unity-notifications-impl, ubuntu-thumbnailer-impl-0, unity-application-impl-14, unity-notifications-impl-3, unity-plugin-scopes | unity-scopes-impl, unity-scopes-impl-11, unity8-fake-env | unity-application-impl, dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend
Breaks: unity8 (<< 7.86)
Filename: pool/universe/u/unity8/unity8-common_8.12+16.04.20160401-0ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 702912
MD5sum: 4ce8974a3065254ea7f429d035dce6bf
SHA1: fc18b3cdf764c9576f34921768391181535521bc
SHA256: 3f77e24ceaa30613640c16eaccf1a9e7f951aa234cf09831161a432ed4bcf710
Description-en: Unity 8 shell (common files)
The Unity 8 shell is the primary user interface for Ubuntu devices.
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This package contains the QML, graphics and locale files shared between
unity8 and unity-scope-tool.
Description-md5: f0abe1907bb1fdaab1848bb6fa17d899
Homepage: http://launchpad.net/unity
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Task: ubuntu-touch, ubuntu-sdk