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

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "packagekit" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install packagekit on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall packagekit on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


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

Package: packagekit
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.1.13-2ubuntu1.1
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: 1584
Depends: libglib2.0-bin, policykit-1, init-system-helpers (>= 1.52), libappstream4 (>= 0.10.0), libapt-pkg6.0 (>= 1.9.0), libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.46), libgstreamer1.0-0 (>= 1.0.0), libpackagekit-glib2-18 (>= 1.1.13), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.99), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.5.9), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libsystemd0 (>= 214)
Recommends: packagekit-tools, systemd
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_1.1.13-2ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb
Size: 408404
MD5sum: 6fc2167910627cce37ef7d89bbaa39f0
SHA1: 2a1b1b42e520627b32373d4ef10573091f883914
SHA256: d598e82e102e775c5c9fdb362187a03e792c76e06443df254a2c0b93b4fe6c1c
SHA512: fa310066a5ec9f9fcbe4edcbc5096c253b1656be5d302db683a212fe49bf8b54e04fc90c84a8fa4015614991804ed07a09bc49cefd552c8046632804738f2b35
Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/PackageKit/
Description: Provides a package management service
Description-md5: 2a370c6f43c72ec3adb4412d3b3bdca0
Task: server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, cloud-image, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

Package: packagekit
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.1.13-2ubuntu1
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: 1580
Depends: libglib2.0-bin, policykit-1, init-system-helpers (>= 1.52), libappstream4 (>= 0.10.0), libapt-pkg6.0 (>= 1.9.0), libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.46), libgstreamer1.0-0 (>= 1.0.0), libpackagekit-glib2-18 (>= 1.1.13), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.99), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.5.9), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libsystemd0 (>= 214)
Recommends: packagekit-tools, systemd
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_1.1.13-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 408788
MD5sum: a1ce41b1d4d77c81c9e360d04f842e0d
SHA1: 4c85b80d982f06ab3df3cf872aa8bff6013369c1
SHA256: 374ba1794e055118dc79538fedb329065c4a182862a90aa5501ea54a72e167a6
Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/PackageKit/
Description: Provides a package management service
Description-md5: 2a370c6f43c72ec3adb4412d3b3bdca0
Task: server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, cloud-image, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop