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

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "urlview" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install urlview on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


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

Package: urlview
Priority: optional
Section: universe/misc
Installed-Size: 66
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Emanuele Rocca
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.9-20
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libncurses5 (>= 6), libtinfo5 (>= 6)
Recommends: elinks | www-browser
Suggests: mutt, ncftp | lftp, wget | snarf
Filename: pool/universe/u/urlview/urlview_0.9-20_amd64.deb
Size: 19826
MD5sum: ff04249ed649ffc7e6f56d3c3d5cca44
SHA1: 24fb3aa78e7ebbdd27022db602f90b45da22fa5b
SHA256: 2963eaf6518f5b6878dd67e7584465c1e66138f2bba5ed2dafeb10b5f5cb2430
Description-en: Extracts URLs from text
This utility is used to extract URL from text files, especially from mail
messages in order to launch some browser to view them. This used to be a
part of mutt but has now become an independent tool.
Description-md5: 0b33b254fc7b706f187b1c30846d98b7
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu