How to Install and Uninstall appstream-util Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "appstream-util" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install appstream-util on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall appstream-util on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                appstream-util
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the appstream-util package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: appstream-util
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.7.17-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Source: appstream-glib
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: PkgUtopia Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 212
Depends: libappstream-glib8 (>= 0.7.16), libc6 (>= 2.4), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.58.0), libsoup2.4-1 (>= 2.52)
Breaks: appdata-tools (<< 0.3.4)
Replaces: appdata-tools (<< 0.3.4)
Filename: pool/universe/a/appstream-glib/appstream-util_0.7.17-1_amd64.deb
Size: 40272
MD5sum: 01012c4400078e0146911029bbcc1e76
SHA1: c705157b1e666177a8c10913e23d5684e3b93556
SHA256: aab114628e2bed92548e67d7cd66b66c1cdebc7e8ec9de024ec6fc1fee23fbc5
SHA512: 898d9c9ed89d3e95901d2f8920e95656978c82ce97a6d62ad0f14c82d340f057a21162d3480f82c9daa056d81e6be20e81165bd08800d100727e4286c0b54050
Homepage: https://github.com/hughsie/appstream-glib
Description-en: Utility to work with AppStream metadata
AppStream is a cross-distribution effort for creating and sharing
metadata about software components available in the package repositories
of a distribution.
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This package provides an utility to work with AppStream metadata, which uses
libappstream-glib.
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It also contains Autotools macros to easily integrate AppStream metadata into
an Autotools-based buildsystem, by running 'appstream-util' to validate the
files before installing them.
Description-md5: a4492a3684298de274fd2e206004ee03