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

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "apt-listchanges" package

Please follow the guidance below to install apt-listchanges on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall apt-listchanges on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


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

Package: apt-listchanges
Architecture: all
Version: 3.22
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Robert Luberda
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 400
Depends: apt (>= 0.5.3), python3-apt (>= 0.7.93), python3-debconf, sensible-utils, ucf (>= 0.28), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, python3:any
Suggests: default-mta | mail-transport-agent, python3-gi, www-browser, x-terminal-emulator
Filename: pool/main/a/apt-listchanges/apt-listchanges_3.22_all.deb
Size: 82668
MD5sum: ec17ff1896e905635bd45171ad15374f
SHA1: 41a7835563ace41e8f4be19ff918db2a8414c84a
SHA256: 0fb52ac0c902878c71bf319be063346dec6ec550c8524eff69a90c9e23d63547
SHA512: d1f779c658eabe03ee56ecd8e2b9c9f40c2a3ef0155b2da72f72712ef75884f30cec944bef7fbc883fa6aff139fe782ae0f0b7eb7f5a91ae2a1d9f5351710920
Description-en: package change history notification tool
The tool apt-listchanges can compare a new version of a
package with the one currently installed and show what has been
changed, by extracting the relevant entries from the Debian changelog
and NEWS files.
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It can be run on several .deb archives at a time to get a list of all
changes that would be caused by installing or upgrading a group of
packages. When configured as an APT plugin it will do this
automatically during upgrades.
Description-md5: ff242d11e25a826706c61be7ebf92ad4