How to Install and Uninstall apt-utils Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "apt-utils" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install apt-utils on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                apt-utils
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "apt-utils" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall apt-utils on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                apt-utils
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the apt-utils package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: apt-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.6.14
Priority: important
Section: admin
Source: apt
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: APT Development Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 768
Depends: apt (= 1.6.14), libapt-inst2.0 (>= 1.0.5), libapt-pkg5.0 (>= 1.3~rc2), libc6 (>= 2.14), libdb5.3, libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2)
Filename: pool/main/a/apt/apt-utils_1.6.14_amd64.deb
Size: 209000
MD5sum: 9a709b6085eaa3596b49d45c8065ae2e
SHA1: b9920ea071bedccc9f9724c2a7dde0dd09f80e6d
SHA256: a7a758a3a5eda7633e8eb03e9ae899ed79faf9ca128a2e395c8b9dc03086cafc
SHA512: 36ee66ad921d667ab3a11201849e8f16c8b9df1b6d4c642d18168d36fa8994d8c2a0b2c20cd3c77564565c6ab3b8026f2e9401952f56beeb3f5482fced89f5af
Description: package management related utility programs
Description-md5: fa0295dc4e40dbbea6c84f614c570636
Task: minimal
Supported: 5y

Package: apt-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.6.12ubuntu0.2
Priority: important
Section: admin
Source: apt
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: APT Development Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 768
Depends: apt (= 1.6.12ubuntu0.2), libapt-inst2.0 (>= 1.0.5), libapt-pkg5.0 (>= 1.3~rc2), libc6 (>= 2.14), libdb5.3, libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2)
Filename: pool/main/a/apt/apt-utils_1.6.12ubuntu0.2_amd64.deb
Size: 206536
MD5sum: 257d05ce8a8532dc97bf6d15a7d834f3
SHA1: ad6416769cf0d908660e13ac2db334d370b69f0f
SHA256: 67ca5a220023bb9c29549fd495cbf011c38824e2cb8d75ef05db192716aa55fa
SHA512: b9dfe7e91c2a5414d0b41aaed03652cba721638556ec02d34ff94a66149f9235df42dd5fe6a216d89971323985c2f3f441ac1f1839ae840416d02a6130e5db39
Description: package management related utility programs
Description-md5: fa0295dc4e40dbbea6c84f614c570636
Task: minimal
Supported: 5y

Package: apt-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.6.1
Priority: important
Section: admin
Source: apt
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: APT Development Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 768
Depends: apt (= 1.6.1), libapt-inst2.0 (>= 1.0.5), libapt-pkg5.0 (>= 1.3~rc2), libc6 (>= 2.14), libdb5.3, libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2)
Filename: pool/main/a/apt/apt-utils_1.6.1_amd64.deb
Size: 208048
MD5sum: 492ac123cc5ca2ea58c930bd76a9d3a6
SHA1: 8daf628d4b273dc03c607b16a013eedc19413c10
SHA256: dd24c2fc6166a8808f32ee48d48ef0ea3f4d8b08ff55028c961987641c618e5a
Description: package management related utility programs
Description-md5: fa0295dc4e40dbbea6c84f614c570636
Task: minimal
Supported: 5y