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

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "xfsprogs" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                xfsprogs
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "xfsprogs" package

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


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

Package: xfsprogs
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.3.0+nmu1ubuntu1.1
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: XFS Development Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 3332
Provides: fsck-backend
Depends: libblkid1 (>= 2.17.2), libc6 (>= 2.14), libreadline5 (>= 5.2), libuuid1 (>= 2.16)
Suggests: xfsdump, acl, attr, quota
Breaks: xfsdump (<< 3.0.0)
Replaces: xfsdump (<< 3.0.0)
Filename: pool/main/x/xfsprogs/xfsprogs_4.3.0+nmu1ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb
Size: 596704
MD5sum: 04ff92759ce6f04ed702fe741f81844e
SHA1: 18b8bbfca95c421ce3d1db4ecbed24cfe9966b8f
SHA256: 34f2eaec5713c67b0b1862db2c577e8051f1cc197f273f4527d986e57d609339
SHA512: c9c7ca48ff9f0f83fc3d6d72a1a64a96164ad8e8da7ff670396e5ca08ca840144dca543680f8497f7ded788004e80fab3bee0e4a2499b2a16b38188207fe9986
Homepage: http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/
Description-en: Utilities for managing the XFS filesystem
A set of commands to use the XFS filesystem, including mkfs.xfs.
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XFS is a high performance journaling filesystem which originated
on the SGI IRIX platform. It is completely multi-threaded, can
support large files and large filesystems, extended attributes,
variable block sizes, is extent based, and makes extensive use of
Btrees (directories, extents, free space) to aid both performance
and scalability.
.
Refer to the documentation at http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/
for complete details.
Description-md5: d4c8a52ff3d62c047666981d75366c2d
Task: ubuntu-live, cloud-image, server, kubuntu-live, edubuntu-dvd-live, xubuntu-live, mythbuntu-live, lubuntu-live, ubuntustudio-live, ubuntustudio-dvd-live, ubuntu-gnome-live, ubuntukylin-live, ubuntu-mate-live
Supported: 5y

Package: xfsprogs
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 3332
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: XFS Development Team
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.3.0+nmu1ubuntu1
Replaces: xfsdump (<< 3.0.0)
Provides: fsck-backend
Depends: libblkid1 (>= 2.17.2), libc6 (>= 2.14), libreadline5 (>= 5.2), libuuid1 (>= 2.16)
Suggests: xfsdump, acl, attr, quota
Breaks: xfsdump (<< 3.0.0)
Filename: pool/main/x/xfsprogs/xfsprogs_4.3.0+nmu1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 595632
MD5sum: 263c59703cfe1a2c1ea19801295fd4a0
SHA1: 6660d90a8e35bd4a2552ca74d8b01c7d37a60758
SHA256: 1da8a32cc04cd0f99ad3fd5af440b2631b2b9eba099b9ac212a660ed4050b6f5
Description-en: Utilities for managing the XFS filesystem
A set of commands to use the XFS filesystem, including mkfs.xfs.
.
XFS is a high performance journaling filesystem which originated
on the SGI IRIX platform. It is completely multi-threaded, can
support large files and large filesystems, extended attributes,
variable block sizes, is extent based, and makes extensive use of
Btrees (directories, extents, free space) to aid both performance
and scalability.
.
Refer to the documentation at http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/
for complete details.
Description-md5: d4c8a52ff3d62c047666981d75366c2d
Homepage: http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-live, cloud-image, server, kubuntu-live, edubuntu-dvd-live, xubuntu-live, mythbuntu-live, lubuntu-live, ubuntustudio-live, ubuntustudio-dvd-live, ubuntu-gnome-live, ubuntukylin-live, ubuntu-mate-live