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

Last updated: May 07,2024

1. Install "uucp" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install uucp on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall uucp on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: uucp
Priority: extra
Section: universe/comm
Installed-Size: 1636
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Thorsten Alteholz
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.07-23
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), cron (>= 3.0pl1-42), bsd-mailx | mailx, logrotate, libpam-runtime (>= 0.76-13.1), cu (= 1.07-23), netbase, openbsd-inetd | inet-superserver
Recommends: postfix | exim4 | exim | smail | courier-mta | zmailer | rmail
Filename: pool/universe/u/uucp/uucp_1.07-23_amd64.deb
Size: 579236
MD5sum: 33327f29417641372770a2867d3df9fd
SHA1: 641691223b90bbcff36cbb5b12d1174e234730ef
SHA256: 49aeb7743d7d5bf5aa000d870a928bc175b2b4768d9e5374cea63bca25fb3b09
Description-en: Unix to Unix Copy Program
UUCP will copy files to or from another (usually *nix) system, which
also runs uucp.
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UUCP is used to transfer mail, news and random files between systems
which are not connected by more modern networks. The communication can
be made via modems, direct (hard-wired) serial connections or via an IP
connection.
Description-md5: e32a21cc3608590f8b15aa418cc347f7
Homepage: http://airs.com/ian/uucp.html
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu