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

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "wakeonlan" package

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


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

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


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

Package: wakeonlan
Priority: optional
Section: net
Installed-Size: 56
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Thijs Kinkhorst
Architecture: all
Version: 0.41-11
Depends: perl, perl-modules
Filename: pool/main/w/wakeonlan/wakeonlan_0.41-11_all.deb
Size: 10274
MD5sum: 26253a8c776437ff2fce9fbfceb98c2e
SHA1: 7cc057a9220e71ddb18460b07105ec3a166bcf69
SHA256: 6452496a533ce2e0de39cac4f3938e6aa634b301c619c4f4296b0fad0479aaa4
Description-en: Sends 'magic packets' to wake-on-LAN enabled ethernet adapters
With this package you can remotely wake up and power on machines which have
motherboards or network cards that support 'Wake-on-Lan' packets.
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The tool allows you to wake up a single machine, or a group of machines.
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You need the MAC addresses of machines to construct the WOL packets, but,
in contrast to 'etherwake', you do not need root privileges to use the
program itself as UDP packets are used.
Description-md5: 1f4cb6ce85d821307a46719513c54d04
Homepage: http://gsd.di.uminho.pt/jpo/software/wakeonlan/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y