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

Last updated: May 02,2024

1. Install "findutils" package

Please follow the instructions below to install findutils on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall findutils on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


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

Package: findutils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.7.0-1ubuntu2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: required
Essential: yes
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Andreas Metzler
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 668
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~)
Suggests: mlocate | locate
Breaks: binstats (<< 1.08-8.1), guilt (<< 0.36-0.2), libpython3.4-minimal (<< 3.4.4-2), libpython3.5-minimal (<< 3.5.1-3), lsat (<< 0.9.7.1-2.1), mc (<< 3:4.8.11-1), switchconf (<< 0.0.9-2.1)
Filename: pool/main/f/findutils/findutils_4.7.0-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 329160
MD5sum: 070bc00eb7349cb9daedf3284f59b494
SHA1: 29193819303f92281ab5431ddb6212cf5012a1d5
SHA256: 59d66f01022ba9a51808fb6961097ceb2bec935ed1bae0459ae4b312fb5e1dcb
SHA512: cd2696a2f4b49d74acab59fabee672915ca7b2267685f0acd472f00b2421b1e78308df8471057260172254bfc9c5583c06d3d5e3cfa9897ab014d699ed402381
Homepage: https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/findutils/
Description-en: utilities for finding files--find, xargs
GNU findutils provides utilities to find files meeting specified
criteria and perform various actions on the files which are found.
This package contains 'find' and 'xargs'; however, 'locate' has
been split off into a separate package.
Description-md5: ad1a783819241ffdf3ff5f37a676af59
Task: minimal