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How to install muffin-common On Ubuntu 16.04 Lts? Uninstall and remove muffin-common Package

In this tutorial you will learn how to update and install muffin-common On Ubuntu 16.04 Lts? Learn how to uninstall and completely remove the package muffin-common from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Operating System.

Quick installation of muffin-common:

Step 1: Update system:

sudo apt-get update

Step 2: Install: muffin-common

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

sudo apt-get install muffin-common

Package Details

Package:muffin-common
Version:2.8.4-1
Maintainer:Ubuntu Developers
Home page:http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/
Description:lightweight window and compositing manager (data files)
Distro:Ubuntu 16.04
Release:Xenial Xerus
Repo/Section:universe/misc

How to install muffin-common on Ubuntu 16.04?

First of all update your system with the command:

sudo apt-get update

Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 16.04 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 muffin-common is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L muffin-common' will give followin error.

deepak@deepakub16:~$ dpkg -L muffin-common
dpkg-query: package 'muffin-common' is not installed
Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files,
and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents.
deepak@deepakub16:~$ 

Installing muffin-common:

After system update use the following command to install muffin-common:

sudo apt-get install muffin-common

Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 16.04 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 muffin-common from Ubuntu 16.04?

Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the muffin-common from Ubuntu 16.04. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.

To remove the muffin-common following command is used:

sudo apt-get remove  muffin-common

Following command is used to remove the muffin-common package along with its dependencies:

sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove muffin-common

This will remove muffin-common and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.

Completely removing muffin-common with all configuration files:

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

sudo apt-get purge muffin-common

or you can use following command also:

sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove muffin-common

Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with muffin-common package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.

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