How to Install and Uninstall xutils-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "xutils-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to install xutils-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                xutils-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "xutils-dev" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall xutils-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: xutils-dev
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Installed-Size: 1459
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:7.7+3ubuntu2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), cpp
Filename: pool/universe/x/xutils-dev/xutils-dev_7.7+3ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 237106
MD5sum: a226cf0504c4dfcfc29618527ec294fb
SHA1: a9affb2f5343afc404cae8cb91e10a9e239acfcf
SHA256: cba8b260fd6abacd514e5f134bc262b49ce6f83de98618413e1c3ba7e483c0a8
Description-en: X Window System utility programs for development
xutils-dev provides a set of utility programs shipped with the X Window System
that do not require the X libraries; many of these programs are useful
even on a system that does not have any X clients or X servers installed.
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The programs in this package include:
- imake, a C preprocessor interface to the make utility;
- lndir, a tool that creates a shadow directory of symbolic links to
another directory tree;
- makedepend, a tool to create dependencies in makefiles;
- makeg, a tool for making debuggable executables.
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This package also contains xorg-macros.m4, a set of macros used in configure
scripts of X.Org packages.
Description-md5: 956cbf0a9d05ff058023a9db9744d941
Multi-Arch: foreign
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu