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

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "unity8-private" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                unity8-private
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "unity8-private" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall unity8-private on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: unity8-private
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Installed-Size: 2749
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Architecture: amd64
Source: unity8
Version: 8.12+16.04.20160401-0ubuntu1
Provides: unity-launcher-impl, unity-launcher-impl-7
Depends: accountsservice-ubuntu-schemas (>= 0.0.5), gsettings-ubuntu-schemas (>= 0.0.2+14.10.20140815), libhardware2, pay-service, unity-schemas (>= 7.3.1+14.10.20140915), qtdeclarative5-gsettings1.0, qml-module-qtmultimedia, libc6 (>= 2.17), libevdev2 (>= 0.9.1), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libgeonames0 (>= 0.2+16.04.20160321), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.0), libgsettings-qt1 (>= 0.1+14.04.20140408), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libpay2 (>= 0.1), libqmenumodel0, libqt5concurrent5 (>= 5.0.2), libqt5core5a (>= 5.5.0), libqt5dbus5 (>= 5.0.2), libqt5gui5 (>= 5.5.0) | libqt5gui5-gles (>= 5.5.0), libqt5qml5 (>= 5.1.0), libqt5quick5 (>= 5.2.0) | libqt5quick5-gles (>= 5.2.0), libqt5sql5 (>= 5.0.2), libqt5svg5 (>= 5.0.2), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libudev1 (>= 183), libusermetricsoutput1 (>= 1.0.1), qtbase-abi-5-5-1, qtdeclarative-abi-5-5-0
Filename: pool/universe/u/unity8/unity8-private_8.12+16.04.20160401-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 535374
MD5sum: d67d4813eb787ff6586a10ea2cdef34d
SHA1: 9d108cd0dadaa6fe5b81bfbedb46817265cc58d7
SHA256: eccbc82d81e1eb497954d015287bd4c8e484c33e3edf5e4d8ccc02339d439135
Description-en: Unity 8 private libs
The Unity 8 shell is the primary user interface for Ubuntu devices.
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This package contains the private libraries for QML and other components
only used by the shell.
Description-md5: ed26c476896e97ab15c48b38368ac34b
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://launchpad.net/unity
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Task: ubuntu-touch, ubuntu-sdk