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

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "checkinstall" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install checkinstall on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


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

Learn how to uninstall checkinstall on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


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

Package: checkinstall
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-4
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Stephen Gelman
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 432
Depends: dpkg-dev, file, sensible-utils, libc6 (>= 2.38)
Recommends: make
Suggests: gettext
Filename: pool/universe/c/checkinstall/checkinstall_1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-4_amd64.deb
Size: 105624
MD5sum: 1ac6faa393d3b4376e6a0be2b830f526
SHA1: cca78e3b97123cf0b1a6b85785d8fa8b5f546aba
SHA256: e0143fc1fee2db2abc030080b96ca0a302dca87a40919c494aac6249c78304a5
SHA512: 72edebe9e2b57c0930daa76ab2e4173c5c280b65d6faa6dbf2c82e8f7e53dbf1941a6615382453239817f88424930a3a8e41a2567b47c61e4bd1879aec95009e
Homepage: http://checkinstall.izto.org
Description: installation tracker
Description-md5: 65a8e9c4837c96312620e0e3daa0cd3f