How to Install and Uninstall update-inetd Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: January 23,2025

1. Install "update-inetd" package

Please follow the steps below to install update-inetd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                update-inetd
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "update-inetd" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall update-inetd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: update-inetd
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 101
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Serafeim Zanikolas
Architecture: all
Version: 4.43
Replaces: netbase (<< 4.27)
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libfile-temp-perl, libfile-copy-recursive-perl
Breaks: netbase (<< 4.27)
Filename: pool/main/u/update-inetd/update-inetd_4.43_all.deb
Size: 19208
MD5sum: 6e166b2422a7dff8154cdd3fdf1e0af7
SHA1: d757fed82ee72ed0979f7306bff37616c91ac0ee
SHA256: 333ff26154674df689b09567f6af4da99b826ba5e57c1f09fe1923acac4e7619
Description-en: inetd configuration file updater
This package provides a program used by other packages to
automatically update /etc/inetd.conf, the configuration file shared
by all implementations of the Internet super-server.
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Note that xinetd is not supported by this package.
Description-md5: 9a09f5c7959d1200217cfebee811fa42
Multi-Arch: foreign
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, samba-server, kubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-desktop, lubuntu-core, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop