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

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "info" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install info on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

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


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

Package: info
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.7.0.dfsg.2-5
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: standard
Section: doc
Source: texinfo
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian TeX maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 812
Provides: info-browser
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libtinfo6 (>= 6), install-info
Breaks: texinfo-doc-nonfree
Replaces: texinfo (<< 4.7-2), texinfo-doc-nonfree
Filename: pool/main/t/texinfo/info_6.7.0.dfsg.2-5_amd64.deb
Size: 202556
MD5sum: 5cf56654cd389032e2b094c7d468347f
SHA1: c3044f498d5adb31c6f56201b93dcdb02c19c22b
SHA256: af402e2cecb7640daf9e7b5344cb551401d3759968fb3760fab800f9da649127
SHA512: 428d0494a1d8c98eaa90b39793e47f1690e8bb81d230dd8f3ebf4ce58c5e32aa9c6cdd5687958fc48fa6916c661488f91af07aef6b110d3d8152a4bd20df9429
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/
Description-en: Standalone GNU Info documentation browser
The Info file format is an easily-parsable representation for online
documents. This program allows you to view Info documents, like the
ones stored in /usr/share/info.
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Much of the software in Debian comes with its online documentation in
the form of Info files, so it is most likely you will want to install it.
Description-md5: 98475bbce3804b8961f7886328b1baea
Task: standard