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

Last updated: May 02,2024

1. Install "wmget" package

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


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall wmget on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: wmget
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Installed-Size: 92
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Window Maker Team
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.6.1-1
Depends: curl, perl, libc6 (>= 2.16), libcurl3 (>= 7.16.2), libx11-6, libxext6, libxpm4
Filename: pool/universe/w/wmget/wmget_0.6.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 29070
MD5sum: 84fe94db48fc968968267d5d9d3e2fb0
SHA1: 2ef88a02b90be0990614beff93127eb96aea7d0d
SHA256: 1a348ba7d30f23b7c912439540a42f55bf98313fbd352624fec18bfa40ee8f32
Description-en: Background download manager in a Window Maker dock app
wmget is a dock app for the GNU Window Maker window manager
(or one of the many other WM's which support dockapps) which
makes it more convenient to perform long downloads in the background.
It uses the excellent libcurl library, part of the cURL automated-download
program, to perform file retrieval.
Description-md5: 8a017d897c767437878713fa5bfb97e0
Homepage: http://windowmaker.org/dockapps/?name=wmget
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu