How to Install and Uninstall android-tools-mkbootimg Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: March 17,2025

1. Install "android-tools-mkbootimg" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install android-tools-mkbootimg on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "android-tools-mkbootimg" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall android-tools-mkbootimg on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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3. Information about the android-tools-mkbootimg package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: android-tools-mkbootimg
Architecture: all
Version: 1:8.1.0+r23-8
Priority: extra
Section: universe/devel
Source: android-platform-system-core
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Android Tools Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 21
Depends: mkbootimg
Filename: pool/universe/a/android-platform-system-core/android-tools-mkbootimg_8.1.0+r23-8_all.deb
Size: 4036
MD5sum: 3e5b02f7b34508f1bc186eddf3f0ac2e
SHA1: d893eb5de367e44e7c9f72a9c7bd872ee318856a
SHA256: a54fdae34f8dd7c4d11bdd555d20412506270122f2dba928ba8fc36f2d80d6e0
SHA512: d9f2a2e2a46e0e2ee4948aea8d3f2502f086581d4e91f0fc796cc5368baf8bbc82c3df48cd10cf9d06253ce5b3d1fedefdad72b210bd383bc8c5f6cfcdf55405
Homepage: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/core
Description-en: transitional package
This is a transitional package. It can safely be removed.
Description-md5: bfe8ebc058cce6653c20fea6f85a4246