How to Install and Uninstall aptitude Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: March 14,2025

1. Install "aptitude" package

Please follow the guidance below to install aptitude on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall aptitude on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


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

Package: aptitude
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.8.10-6ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Aptitude Development Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 4311
Depends: aptitude-common (= 0.8.10-6ubuntu1), libapt-pkg5.0 (>= 1.1), libboost-filesystem1.65.1, libboost-iostreams1.65.1, libboost-system1.65.1, libc6 (>= 2.14), libcwidget3v5, libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libncursesw5 (>= 6), libsigc++-2.0-0v5 (>= 2.8.0), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.6.5), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libtinfo5 (>= 6), libxapian30
Recommends: libparse-debianchangelog-perl, sensible-utils
Suggests: aptitude-doc-en | aptitude-doc, apt-xapian-index, debtags, tasksel
Filename: pool/main/a/aptitude/aptitude_0.8.10-6ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 1268924
MD5sum: 5450304bac37c2c1970558046df3a7ae
SHA1: 342b0fa0701dd88477676c0e634c3a976ebd3dd4
SHA256: 3ef5bed998883c00c75046f7e29386db3b3591315c8c0cfe3ac61fffd9885f42
Homepage: https://aptitude.alioth.debian.org/
Description: terminal-based package manager
Description-md5: 6077c8b6794c43d6b34dfc9169fe4ee5
Supported: 5y