How to Install and Uninstall dalvik-exchange Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "dalvik-exchange" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                dalvik-exchange
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "dalvik-exchange" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall dalvik-exchange on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


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

Package: dalvik-exchange
Architecture: all
Version: 8.1.0+r23-2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Source: android-platform-dalvik
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Android Tools Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1056
Depends: default-jre-headless (>= 1:1.6) | java6-runtime-headless, libandroid-23-java (>= 6.0.1+r72-3~), proguard-cli
Filename: pool/universe/a/android-platform-dalvik/dalvik-exchange_8.1.0+r23-2_all.deb
Size: 964172
MD5sum: 7a90cf229826d0271603bb6d44b329db
SHA1: 938aec558747f592cb8add3a59368a93b33a8a66
SHA256: ebe6880e961f32a174e7b255b5778b035e1395165eeee50576451f6fe58d3122
SHA512: c895f48f59c61b4b38782c76b5170049766ddd5496697766ffb9418f1e2c60d485a3d29d1e4d24b26afc857e941e6197999efe96676165a8ac32aa719db586ca
Homepage: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/dalvik
Description-en: Manipulate Dalvik eXchange format and produce dex files
Dalvik is a process virtual machine in Google's Android operating system that
executes applications written for Android.
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dalvik-exchange is the tool that takes in class
files and reformulates them for consumption in the VM. It also does a few other
things.
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This program is officially named "dx" but in order to avoid naming conflict
with OpenDX in Debian it is renamed to "dalvik-exchange".
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This package also provides the "mainDexClasses" program.
Description-md5: 09759f5ddaff7a9fc16c0f6211b88531