How to Install and Uninstall apt Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "apt" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install apt on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall apt on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


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

Package: apt
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.1.10ubuntu0.3
Priority: important
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: APT Development Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 4329
Provides: apt-transport-https (= 2.1.10ubuntu0.3)
Depends: adduser, gpgv | gpgv2 | gpgv1, libapt-pkg6.0 (>= 2.1.10ubuntu0.3), ubuntu-keyring, libc6 (>= 2.15), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libgnutls30 (>= 3.6.14), libseccomp2 (>= 2.4.2), libstdc++6 (>= 9), libsystemd0
Recommends: ca-certificates
Suggests: apt-doc, aptitude | synaptic | wajig, dpkg-dev (>= 1.17.2), gnupg | gnupg2 | gnupg1, powermgmt-base
Breaks: apt-transport-https (<< 1.5~alpha4~), apt-utils (<< 1.3~exp2~), aptitude (<< 0.8.10)
Replaces: apt-transport-https (<< 1.5~alpha4~), apt-utils (<< 1.3~exp2~)
Filename: pool/main/a/apt/apt_2.1.10ubuntu0.3_amd64.deb
Size: 1308808
MD5sum: b39636403452c2437fc50f0d056f55d5
SHA1: c2bfc7ecd610f89b1cc4961845cb4b96a9682653
SHA256: cf2d31e931545d7940c42efdf8ee552474f59c267cf2941263952a7e0f5f7848
SHA512: 9a395054357306bb1d7b870737296623ed8977680b53ea76783c959f7bcf446e0c1709333de616d5f565878ded50f1b3e0634ddabb941f8bcb3a8348d7d9cfd2
Description-en: commandline package manager
This package provides commandline tools for searching and
managing as well as querying information about packages
as a low-level access to all features of the libapt-pkg library.
.
These include:
* apt-get for retrieval of packages and information about them
from authenticated sources and for installation, upgrade and
removal of packages together with their dependencies
* apt-cache for querying available information about installed
as well as installable packages
* apt-cdrom to use removable media as a source for packages
* apt-config as an interface to the configuration settings
* apt-key as an interface to manage authentication keys
Description-md5: 9fb97a88cb7383934ef963352b53b4a7
Task: minimal
Build-Essential: yes

Package: apt
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.1.10ubuntu0.1
Priority: important
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: APT Development Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 4312
Provides: apt-transport-https (= 2.1.10ubuntu0.1)
Depends: adduser, gpgv | gpgv2 | gpgv1, libapt-pkg6.0 (>= 2.1.10ubuntu0.1), ubuntu-keyring, libc6 (>= 2.15), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libgnutls30 (>= 3.6.14), libseccomp2 (>= 2.4.2), libstdc++6 (>= 9), libsystemd0
Recommends: ca-certificates
Suggests: apt-doc, aptitude | synaptic | wajig, dpkg-dev (>= 1.17.2), gnupg | gnupg2 | gnupg1, powermgmt-base
Breaks: apt-transport-https (<< 1.5~alpha4~), apt-utils (<< 1.3~exp2~), aptitude (<< 0.8.10)
Replaces: apt-transport-https (<< 1.5~alpha4~), apt-utils (<< 1.3~exp2~)
Filename: pool/main/a/apt/apt_2.1.10ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb
Size: 1306016
MD5sum: 8d105f9f2b881de6c849debd631b9632
SHA1: 677bcb56e33c41b7222b2963391431e1482d6241
SHA256: 03bb06f385d5d8021555d581fcc68ac29b657f951d4ee0569ea14d0b2561f311
SHA512: f76f2f913a3ca6c1aae72696a1ee4a91260bb80086ea39f1c83c64d3b6bccac69546fea2266148b8f821091ef42f64f545104e3ac41f0883cf973627ba5a0b95
Description-en: commandline package manager
This package provides commandline tools for searching and
managing as well as querying information about packages
as a low-level access to all features of the libapt-pkg library.
.
These include:
* apt-get for retrieval of packages and information about them
from authenticated sources and for installation, upgrade and
removal of packages together with their dependencies
* apt-cache for querying available information about installed
as well as installable packages
* apt-cdrom to use removable media as a source for packages
* apt-config as an interface to the configuration settings
* apt-key as an interface to manage authentication keys
Description-md5: 9fb97a88cb7383934ef963352b53b4a7
Task: minimal
Build-Essential: yes

Package: apt
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.1.10
Priority: important
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: APT Development Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 4312
Provides: apt-transport-https (= 2.1.10)
Depends: adduser, gpgv | gpgv2 | gpgv1, libapt-pkg6.0 (>= 2.1.10), ubuntu-keyring, libc6 (>= 2.15), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libgnutls30 (>= 3.6.12), libseccomp2 (>= 2.4.2), libstdc++6 (>= 9), libsystemd0
Recommends: ca-certificates
Suggests: apt-doc, aptitude | synaptic | wajig, dpkg-dev (>= 1.17.2), gnupg | gnupg2 | gnupg1, powermgmt-base
Breaks: apt-transport-https (<< 1.5~alpha4~), apt-utils (<< 1.3~exp2~), aptitude (<< 0.8.10)
Replaces: apt-transport-https (<< 1.5~alpha4~), apt-utils (<< 1.3~exp2~)
Filename: pool/main/a/apt/apt_2.1.10_amd64.deb
Size: 1304884
MD5sum: 356fa1e803d86b1dfee0898f026714c2
SHA1: 8f680f5e04b75667cb51e0d43732225e4a1d2907
SHA256: 6786f178116f7ea0475303f3e665da32949774ee2d3558826c1189718e2f8a2e
SHA512: 8ec873efbf810e9c4d7a1134e360dd9c6d357a126688f32c7638e1a692178b3cf740d8c86de0ee29748a755f37326ee84a1fd7498a10b0b2ba1bb01d244d6760
Description-en: commandline package manager
This package provides commandline tools for searching and
managing as well as querying information about packages
as a low-level access to all features of the libapt-pkg library.
.
These include:
* apt-get for retrieval of packages and information about them
from authenticated sources and for installation, upgrade and
removal of packages together with their dependencies
* apt-cache for querying available information about installed
as well as installable packages
* apt-cdrom to use removable media as a source for packages
* apt-config as an interface to the configuration settings
* apt-key as an interface to manage authentication keys
Description-md5: 9fb97a88cb7383934ef963352b53b4a7
Task: minimal
Build-Essential: yes