Install coreutils on Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install coreutils

Learn how to install coreutils with the command sudo apt-get install coreutils on Ubuntus.


 

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Quick installation of coreutils Essential: yes:

Step 1: Update system:

	sudo apt-get update

Step 2: Install: coreutils Essential: yes

Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:

	sudo apt-get install coreutils
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Package Details

Package:coreutils Essential: yes
Version:8.13-3ubuntu3.3
Maintainer:Ubuntu Developers
Home page:http://gnu.org/software/coreutils
Description:GNU core utilities This package contains the basic file, shell and text manipulation utilities which are expected to exist on every operating system. . Specifically, this package includes: arch base64 basename cat chcon chgrp chmod chown chroot cksum comm cp csplit cut date dd df dir dircolors dirname du echo env expand expr factor false flock fmt fold groups head hostid id install join link ln logname ls md5sum mkdir mkfifo mknod mktemp mv nice nl nohup nproc od paste pathchk pinky pr printenv printf ptx pwd readlink rm rmdir runcon sha*sum seq shred sleep sort split stat stty sum sync tac tail tee test timeout touch tr true truncate tsort tty uname unexpand uniq unlink users vdir wc who whoami yes Multi-Arch: foreign Homepage: http://gnu.org/software/coreutils
Distro:Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release:
Repo/Section:utils

How to install coreutils Essential: yes on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?

Install coreutils on Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install coreutils

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 coreutils Essential: yes is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L coreutils Essential: yes' will give followin error.


Installing coreutils Essential: yes:

After system update use the following command to install coreutils Essential: yes:

sudo apt-get install coreutils
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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 coreutils Essential: yes from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?

Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the coreutils Essential: yes 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 coreutils Essential: yes following command is used:

sudo apt-get remove  coreutils
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Following command is used to remove the coreutils Essential: yes package along with its dependencies:

sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove coreutils
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This will remove coreutils Essential: yes and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.

Completely removing coreutils Essential: yes with all configuration files:

Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:

sudo apt-get purge coreutils
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or you can use following command also:

sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove coreutils
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Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with coreutils Essential: yes package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.