How to Install and Uninstall xdg-utils Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 03,2024

1. Install "xdg-utils" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install xdg-utils on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                xdg-utils
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "xdg-utils" package

Learn how to uninstall xdg-utils on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: xdg-utils
Architecture: all
Version: 1.1.1-1ubuntu1.16.04.5
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Per Olofsson
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 302
Recommends: libfile-mimeinfo-perl, libnet-dbus-perl, libx11-protocol-perl, x11-utils, x11-xserver-utils
Suggests: gvfs-bin
Filename: pool/main/x/xdg-utils/xdg-utils_1.1.1-1ubuntu1.16.04.5_all.deb
Size: 59484
MD5sum: 8ea9682a44795c96bc4c37cf93f96e13
SHA1: 959306f32a55c1c4245df54d220c813e4d0edcff
SHA256: e8b17b50262f95f44e2e18fc32be29c7603bdde611c1186ea1089752651986b7
SHA512: ed65daadca2a438b0144781db82358f7aaa9dbafe990ad07bb90373db7421c4cdb7b841282670d06a7d3a8504d0c8c99f312eb7ccae6052adc535799875bf563
Homepage: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xdg-utils/
Description-en: desktop integration utilities from freedesktop.org
xdg-utils contains utilities for integrating applications with the
desktop environment, regardless of which desktop environment is used.
They are part of freedesktop.org's Portland project.
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The following utilities are included:
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* xdg-desktop-menu - Install desktop menu items
* xdg-desktop-icon - Install icons on the user's desktop
* xdg-email - Compose a new email in the user's preferred email client,
potentially with subject and other info filled in
* xdg-icon-resource - Install icon resources
* xdg-mime - Query and install MIME types and associations
* xdg-open - Open a URI in the user's preferred application that
handles the respective URI or file type
* xdg-screensaver - Enable, disable, or suspend the screensaver
* xdg-settings - Get or set the default web browser and URI handlers
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If you are running GNOME, make sure that the gvfs-bin package is
installed.
Description-md5: abcabbdcd4f9956e8a06cf4f5a06792d
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntustudio-fonts, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop
Supported: 5y

Package: xdg-utils
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 300
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Per Olofsson
Architecture: all
Version: 1.1.1-1ubuntu1
Recommends: libfile-mimeinfo-perl, libnet-dbus-perl, libx11-protocol-perl, x11-utils, x11-xserver-utils
Suggests: gvfs-bin
Filename: pool/main/x/xdg-utils/xdg-utils_1.1.1-1ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 59940
MD5sum: e4cba9ef7d6c28e22ad8331f92a75e06
SHA1: f62ed71824112b8bdc04e6587f2f8f09261ac327
SHA256: 9725bbfd5e2a3b3636693b8906be00d39c96bbca268c0e3948e282ea9ea00a18
Description-en: desktop integration utilities from freedesktop.org
xdg-utils contains utilities for integrating applications with the
desktop environment, regardless of which desktop environment is used.
They are part of freedesktop.org's Portland project.
.
The following utilities are included:
.
* xdg-desktop-menu - Install desktop menu items
* xdg-desktop-icon - Install icons on the user's desktop
* xdg-email - Compose a new email in the user's preferred email client,
potentially with subject and other info filled in
* xdg-icon-resource - Install icon resources
* xdg-mime - Query and install MIME types and associations
* xdg-open - Open a URI in the user's preferred application that
handles the respective URI or file type
* xdg-screensaver - Enable, disable, or suspend the screensaver
* xdg-settings - Get or set the default web browser and URI handlers
.
If you are running GNOME, make sure that the gvfs-bin package is
installed.
Description-md5: abcabbdcd4f9956e8a06cf4f5a06792d
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xdg-utils/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntustudio-fonts, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop