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Quick installation of apt-utils:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: apt-utils
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install apt-utils
Package Details | |
| Package: | apt-utils |
| Version: | 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.27 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
| Home page: | |
| Description: | package managment related utility programs This package contains some less used commandline utilities related to package managment with APT. . * apt-extracttemplates is used by debconf to prompt for configuration questions before installation. * apt-ftparchive is used to create Packages and other index files needed to publish an archive of debian packages * apt-sortpkgs is a Packages/Sources file normalizer. |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | admin |
How to install apt-utils on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
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Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.
After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.
If apt-utils is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L apt-utils' will give followin error.
Installing apt-utils:
After system update use the following command to install apt-utils:
sudo apt-get install apt-utils
Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.
How to uninstall/remove apt-utils from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the apt-utils from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.
To remove the apt-utils following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove apt-utils
Following command is used to remove the apt-utils package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove apt-utils
This will remove apt-utils and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing apt-utils with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge apt-utils
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove apt-utils
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with apt-utils package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.
