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

Last updated: May 22,2024

1. Install "yank" package

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


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

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


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

Package: yank
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 34
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Sebastien Delafond
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.6.2-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), xsel
Filename: pool/universe/y/yank/yank_0.6.2-1_amd64.deb
Size: 9902
MD5sum: 975766c466e6e3c793e0fe41ce9be94b
SHA1: 0d9f3e429d3dd250cd73828274a5bfa86964b1f6
SHA256: cd013c86880315a296094b446eb721846d859b565203844bee41622ca438f213
Description-en: interactively select and yank terminal output to stdout or xsel
Read input from stdin and draw a selection interface where all fields
in the given input are recognized by using a default or user-supplied
set of delimiters.
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Using ctrl-n and ctrl-p will move the field selection forward and
backward, pressing the return key will invoke the yank command and
write the selected field to its stdin. The yank command defaults to
xsel, but could be anything that accepts input on stdin.
Description-md5: f2956ba7eeff9e0945d0d132eb1140ed
Homepage: https://github.com/mptre/yank
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu