How to Install and Uninstall cruft-ng Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "cruft-ng" package

This is a short guide on how to install cruft-ng on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                cruft-ng
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "cruft-ng" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall cruft-ng on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                cruft-ng
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the cruft-ng package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: cruft-ng
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.4.9
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Alexandre Detiste
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 121
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), mlocate, cruft-common
Filename: pool/universe/c/cruft-ng/cruft-ng_0.4.9_amd64.deb
Size: 35596
MD5sum: e52cbad3bd88d9d155eedd1d52b3db20
SHA1: 732b5687ed5d5b62d2b8a25d28226fbc762b7686
SHA256: 847d2b9badcfe445a5f01617a4f75b8a14dc30ac91ef63cb8ce7ec63afb91bf1
SHA512: 1a5ece53b55454b7b65586999e81438392735bfcbfbf92716a8157e5c2c5066be5820d21520d2c853d23332ad57003b56a832a579d1a48c0a40d3c72432ed69e
Homepage: https://github.com/a-detiste/cruft-ng/
Description-en: program that finds any cruft built up on your system
cruft-ng is a program to look over your system for anything that shouldn't
be there, but is; or for anything that should be there, but isn't.
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It bases most of its results on dpkg's & mlocate's databases.
Description-md5: a7d051d9782d9e3e3ac163bf87c26c89