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

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "checkinstall" package

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


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall checkinstall on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


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

Package: checkinstall
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-2ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Stephen Gelman
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 432
Depends: dpkg-dev, file, sensible-utils, libc6 (>= 2.14)
Recommends: make
Suggests: gettext
Filename: pool/universe/c/checkinstall/checkinstall_1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 99328
MD5sum: 1605555fea8d7b17201a23b8bbced2df
SHA1: a93e344bd37361cf7912b877855fac4aeff79bf7
SHA256: 2880ce68e1fd39427b8e1426edd9b99efb7a3874e305b2e472bca5e31f3ff2bb
Homepage: http://checkinstall.izto.org
Description: installation tracker
Description-md5: 65a8e9c4837c96312620e0e3daa0cd3f