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

Last updated: April 25,2024

1. Install "usbutils" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install usbutils on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall usbutils on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: usbutils
Priority: standard
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 704
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Aurelien Jarno
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:007-4
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libusb-1.0-0 (>= 2:1.0.16), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: wget (>= 1.8.1-6) | lynx-cur
Filename: pool/main/u/usbutils/usbutils_007-4_amd64.deb
Size: 205738
MD5sum: bbe991329e38deb4e83ca778d51c3fec
SHA1: 86e3b952104f28f2f99f75c343d9020ce5536e0c
SHA256: 28277ed78771e8059eb78dbe95219022c1a680f167ef6a3d6f79bd7abcbf5f38
Description-en: Linux USB utilities
This package contains the lsusb utility for inspecting the devices
connected to the USB bus. It shows a graphical representation of the
devices that are currently plugged in, showing the topology of the
USB bus. It also displays information on each individual device on
the bus.
Description-md5: 928f8c65aee445506dc03a844a66adac
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/gregkh/usbutils
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: standard, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master