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

Last updated: March 15,2025

1. Install "primesieve" package

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


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall primesieve on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


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

Package: primesieve
Architecture: amd64
Version: 7.5+ds-3ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/math
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 12
Depends: primesieve-bin
Filename: pool/universe/p/primesieve/primesieve_7.5+ds-3ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 3468
MD5sum: 49b8cffdad5df4bdfe916275d6f4e1ea
SHA1: 51a09a50417254786249239685fde2c1fb883d80
SHA256: 90d19ce47872880a021c169dff2c81869c5d5ca1105aaca9bf16bb2207949d32
Homepage: https://github.com/kimwalisch/primesieve
Description: fast prime number generator C/C++ library
Description-md5: 4373544486f792558b8c69edec28f825