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

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "uuid" package

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


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall uuid on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: uuid
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libs
Installed-Size: 35
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Marco Nenciarini
Architecture: amd64
Source: ossp-uuid
Version: 1.6.2-1.5build2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libossp-uuid16
Conflicts: libossp-uuid11
Filename: pool/universe/o/ossp-uuid/uuid_1.6.2-1.5build2_amd64.deb
Size: 10844
MD5sum: f6821f7ffde7296a5693f70431d626f6
SHA1: 3aba00a4f28d9a024be14ee914966b5ef26498f3
SHA256: 6bca5c59678f850f5251972c1826c4691dcafd628129f0c4fe3494d466af61fe
Description-en: Universally Unique Identifier Command-Line Tool
OSSP uuid is an ISO-C and Perl application programming interface (API)
and corresponding command line interface (CLI) for the generation of
DCE 1.1 and ISO/IEC 11578:1996 compliant Universally Unique Identifier
(UUID). It supports DCE 1.1 variant UUIDs of version 1 (time and node
based), version 3 (name based) and version 4 (random number based).
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UUIDs are 128 bit numbers which are intended to have a high likelihood
of uniqueness over space and time and are computationally difficult
to guess. They are globally unique identifiers which can be locally
generated without contacting a global registration authority. UUIDs
are intended as unique identifiers for both mass tagging objects
with an extremely short lifetime and to reliably identifying very
persistent objects across a network.
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This package contains the Universally Unique Identifier Command-Line Tool.
Description-md5: 85e48fcdb4490302812e9eda53cc614f
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.ossp.org/pkg/lib/uuid/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu