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

Last updated: January 10,2025

1. Install "locate" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install locate on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall locate on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


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

Package: locate
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.9.0-5
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Source: findutils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Andreas Metzler
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 177
Depends: findutils (>> 4.2.31-1), libc6 (>= 2.34)
Filename: pool/universe/f/findutils/locate_4.9.0-5_amd64.deb
Size: 50606
MD5sum: d372cf0d6b53e29ec73c05814fe600e8
SHA1: c009244eb708d7db0cedd0787a5671479ab4e398
SHA256: 3879e8a7b3030ee7bdfa30b8f8b302fc0deafdf29ebe3a2c79414c79a9bf1c9f
SHA512: ba5bf14c70ee4c4a05a2cba502f9dca3e85767619fc239121958d3896758833e1dd446e20f9b3cc7f4d27c033ddfe3f308f8fffb7e747b9a1be51488ad771f45
Homepage: https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/findutils/
Description: maintain and query an index of a directory tree
Description-md5: bff4cb1129be08196a6ed2311b3d1fbc
Cnf-Ignore-Commands: locate