How to Install and Uninstall xbase-clients Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "xbase-clients" package

Please follow the guidance below to install xbase-clients on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                xbase-clients
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "xbase-clients" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall xbase-clients on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: xbase-clients
Architecture: all
Version: 1:7.7+13ubuntu3.1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Source: xorg
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu X-SWAT
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 48
Depends: x11-apps, x11-session-utils, x11-utils, x11-xkb-utils, x11-xserver-utils, xauth, xinit
Suggests: x11-xfs-utils
Filename: pool/universe/x/xorg/xbase-clients_7.7+13ubuntu3.1_all.deb
Size: 4696
MD5sum: e4340e1685f44696f0bb994baef8e936
SHA1: b004fbfbbe4f8487f44f55e560bb02449c0dbb72
SHA256: 0a29c594540a14d083ca3f230f68a5b461ff30b02df5c2f06a66eeae150756f7
SHA512: 1d7c30f3f3d9a326bf6f9d2213a53726d6c7bada3a538d656212828991628440bb8b815d6ada70262c3baf06470c0b00ba3f0c5db569190a83a0b92c79fb94c2
Homepage: http://www.x.org/
Description-en: miscellaneous X clients - metapackage
An X client is a program that interfaces with an X server (almost always via
the X libraries), and thus with some input and output hardware like a
graphics card, monitor, keyboard, and pointing device (such as a mouse).
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This package provides a miscellaneous assortment of several dozen X clients
that ship with the X Window System.
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This package is provided for transition from earlier Debian releases, the
programs formerly in xutils and xbase-clients having been split out in smaller
packages.
Description-md5: 75540abae709b67c947a07dccbdb40d8

Package: xbase-clients
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Installed-Size: 48
Maintainer: Ubuntu X-SWAT
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Architecture: all
Source: xorg
Version: 1:7.7+13ubuntu3
Depends: x11-apps, x11-session-utils, x11-utils, x11-xkb-utils, x11-xserver-utils, xauth, xinit
Suggests: x11-xfs-utils
Filename: pool/universe/x/xorg/xbase-clients_7.7+13ubuntu3_all.deb
Size: 4570
MD5sum: 1bcd4ce65bfcbc17a00691ff4938a5e1
SHA1: 346ada9ff3b6a8f7574ac43af459dee1071a35b2
SHA256: 25ffd13e8480110cc634c320dee7ed1eaed19464d9bd079531a27d37d05566c7
Description-en: miscellaneous X clients - metapackage
An X client is a program that interfaces with an X server (almost always via
the X libraries), and thus with some input and output hardware like a
graphics card, monitor, keyboard, and pointing device (such as a mouse).
.
This package provides a miscellaneous assortment of several dozen X clients
that ship with the X Window System.
.
This package is provided for transition from earlier Debian releases, the
programs formerly in xutils and xbase-clients having been split out in smaller
packages.
Description-md5: 75540abae709b67c947a07dccbdb40d8
Homepage: http://www.x.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu