How to Install and Uninstall appstream Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: May 04,2024

1. Install "appstream" package

Please follow the instructions below to install appstream on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall appstream on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                appstream
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the appstream package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: appstream
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.12.10-2
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klumpp
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 216
Provides: appstream-index
Depends: shared-mime-info, libappstream4 (>= 0.12.9), libc6 (>= 2.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.58)
Suggests: apt-config-icons
Breaks: appstream-index (<< 0.12.10-2), gnome-software (<< 3.22.5-1), plasma-discover (<< 5.8.5-3)
Filename: pool/main/a/appstream/appstream_0.12.10-2_amd64.deb
Size: 38172
MD5sum: 5642de0ed198e0ca3a0c20387f2486c8
SHA1: fc37aa250c24039af4a7c8ab131bb8e9a62c1cb5
SHA256: be67b37b7928a5ba5d6edbda979031486948fa9ad6f00207ccad94b2a7029d42
Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Distributions/AppStream/
Description: Software component metadata management
Description-md5: 6dd88e1f82260435137249a5504e5e81
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop