How to Install and Uninstall appstream Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: May 08,2024

1. Install "appstream" package

Learn how to install appstream on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall appstream on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                appstream
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the appstream package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: appstream
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.0.2-1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klumpp
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 332
Depends: shared-mime-info, libappstream5 (>= 1.0.0), libc6 (>= 2.34), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.75.3)
Suggests: apt-config-icons
Filename: pool/main/a/appstream/appstream_1.0.2-1_amd64.deb
Size: 69358
MD5sum: bef6ee080cc4fc8c51e296b3d2c8ee8c
SHA1: 705206196595bcc7c24c318ce89e540c6f0a6350
SHA256: 38f645ad65717f8336030e3077b555892e6e8178f7fc2f9e6e9775f7af9c4a86
SHA512: 9fad0effaab645881fcb5fac0a3b5ad12fd9ea95cdbd2115d708d98e92ff7a9b13204c8050f6ced8674ec597f1c6433aa40b400c25a9ebd17b3bd5deb280c751
Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Distributions/AppStream/
Description: Software component metadata management
Description-md5: 7cf2fff1862d6e9404e1ca39507a24b4
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