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

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "packagekit" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "packagekit" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall packagekit on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


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

Package: packagekit
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.1.9-1ubuntu2.18.04.6
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klumpp
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1468
Depends: libglib2.0-bin, policykit-1, libappstream4 (>= 0.10.0), libapt-inst2.0 (>= 1.6.5~), libapt-pkg5.0 (>= 1.6.5~), libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.46), libgstreamer1.0-0 (>= 1.0.0), libpackagekit-glib2-18 (>= 1.1.9), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.99), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.5.9), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libsystemd0 (>= 214)
Recommends: packagekit-tools
Suggests: appstream
Breaks: libpackagekit-glib2-14 (<= 0.7.6-4), libpackagekit-qt2-2 (<= 0.7.6-4), packagekit-backend-apt (<< 1.0), packagekit-backend-aptcc (<< 1.0), packagekit-backend-smart (<< 1.0), packagekit-offline-update (<< 1.0), packagekit-plugin-click (<= 0.3.1)
Filename: pool/main/p/packagekit/packagekit_1.1.9-1ubuntu2.18.04.6_amd64.deb
Size: 401176
MD5sum: a082f3453eb9cc092622acaa5e0225bf
SHA1: 340f77780043b93af316ebbf19e3d0fbf0de1a97
SHA256: 2a4d773f926ce573655e276ba85ff73722c55c7f7e386259a97c214c3d819510
SHA512: 42e6a0ef63c1159897c73938f5d090445bde4acb75d8958fc10cdf2ff486bc12ef6df3d13dbeb5b099d8fa146b45e9715a374ab2c17695518b02ab391bd1d75c
Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/PackageKit/
Description: Provides a package management service
Description-md5: 2a370c6f43c72ec3adb4412d3b3bdca0
Task: ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-gtk-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-qt-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Supported: 5y

Package: packagekit
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.1.9-1ubuntu2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klumpp
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1468
Depends: libglib2.0-bin, policykit-1, libappstream4 (>= 0.10.0), libapt-inst2.0 (>= 1.1), libapt-pkg5.0 (>= 1.1), libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.46), libgstreamer1.0-0 (>= 1.0.0), libpackagekit-glib2-18 (>= 1.1.9), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.99), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.5.9), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libsystemd0 (>= 214)
Recommends: packagekit-tools
Suggests: appstream
Breaks: libpackagekit-glib2-14 (<= 0.7.6-4), libpackagekit-qt2-2 (<= 0.7.6-4), packagekit-backend-apt (<< 1.0), packagekit-backend-aptcc (<< 1.0), packagekit-backend-smart (<< 1.0), packagekit-offline-update (<< 1.0), packagekit-plugin-click (<= 0.3.1)
Filename: pool/main/p/packagekit/packagekit_1.1.9-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 400368
MD5sum: c22f3ebf2d05ec5fcc6423e7a31c2817
SHA1: 1bb531021279ff331fe870ec3c4792df24b6918d
SHA256: 1f93a7d54bcefe6d41769d82fa929b9643e1c768a0a8fc4b1db6a0e2ba8e16e5
Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/PackageKit/
Description: Provides a package management service
Description-md5: 2a370c6f43c72ec3adb4412d3b3bdca0
Task: ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-gtk-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-qt-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Supported: 5y