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

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "locate" package

Please follow the instructions below to install locate on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

Learn how to uninstall locate on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: locate
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.6.0+git+20170828-2
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: libc6 (>= 2.14), findutils (>> 4.2.31-1)
Breaks: slocate (<= 3.1-1.1)
Replaces: findutils (<< 4.2.31-2)
Filename: pool/universe/f/findutils/locate_4.6.0+git+20170828-2_amd64.deb
Size: 52272
MD5sum: 63a36bb4307e08c42547a7b51bbce421
SHA1: 4e6b930a00c90e02bf81831bdd85fbcd0589ede1
SHA256: d0cdee0e791084856177846a743c985470dc182d75de827663e748e296bc5d72
Homepage: https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/findutils/
Description: maintain and query an index of a directory tree
Description-md5: bff4cb1129be08196a6ed2311b3d1fbc