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

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "checkinstall" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install checkinstall on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Learn how to uninstall checkinstall on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


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

Package: checkinstall
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-2ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Stephen Gelman
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 432
Depends: dpkg-dev, file, sensible-utils, libc6 (>= 2.14)
Recommends: make
Suggests: gettext
Filename: pool/universe/c/checkinstall/checkinstall_1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 99328
MD5sum: 1605555fea8d7b17201a23b8bbced2df
SHA1: a93e344bd37361cf7912b877855fac4aeff79bf7
SHA256: 2880ce68e1fd39427b8e1426edd9b99efb7a3874e305b2e472bca5e31f3ff2bb
SHA512: 92e002484c2dfef9b2cb9617de524205f62e93ba865678ae2d8ca967c888e2caf56230d9f143c1fb0b882ff0a63046c0b85079f997a947748fdb6c517d66ccab
Homepage: http://checkinstall.izto.org
Description-en: installation tracker
CheckInstall keeps track of all the files created or
modified by your installation script ("make install"
"make install_modules", "setup", etc), builds a
standard binary package and installs it in your
system giving you the ability to uninstall it with your
distribution's standard package management utilities.
Description-md5: 65a8e9c4837c96312620e0e3daa0cd3f