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

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "xsel" package

Please follow the guidance below to install xsel on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


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

Package: xsel
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Installed-Size: 72
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Joe Nahmias
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2.0-2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.11), libx11-6
Filename: pool/universe/x/xsel/xsel_1.2.0-2_amd64.deb
Size: 20588
MD5sum: 5121f10d364d338bebbed402aa9d8406
SHA1: 364b6982899ea8c21727ce1105fb9e9466862141
SHA256: fe2c200ca4ed848648bb20536bbacf82a15e7a8b46cfa1cfee5cc0cb6b9dc963
Description-en: command-line tool to access X clipboard and selection buffers
XSel is a command-line program for getting and setting the contents of
the X selection. It can also append and have it follow a growing file
(similar to tail -f).
Description-md5: 1b3da90ee371818f1298d56f0ca8017a
Homepage: http://www.vergenet.net/~conrad/software/xsel/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu