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

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "tracker" package

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


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall tracker on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


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

Package: tracker
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.3.6-2
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1144
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.46.0), libicu67 (>= 67.1-1~), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.20.0), libstemmer0d (>= 0+svn527), libtracker-control-2.0-0 (= 2.3.6-2), libtracker-sparql-2.0-0 (= 2.3.6-2), dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend, shared-mime-info, libglib2.0-bin, default-dbus-session-bus | dbus-session-bus
Recommends: tracker-miner-fs
Filename: pool/main/t/tracker/tracker_2.3.6-2_amd64.deb
Size: 274228
MD5sum: 204923f8406cc9c336c12bbeb815742e
SHA1: d23e387c578b4e38ec3188580ace0a909f336eb5
SHA256: 7142c01d1ae6245222f4a23ef4c42b6b512321228deaa41bec49b9f351ee92bf
SHA512: 27101c01bbbc66abb91d739ce019dce68045cc41d54f1a8174a32fbac39454e7a1bf6a2cd188985992c9f6686475c42abc1f5deb7e8e757a5bde8fa3e7b8c9a6
Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Tracker
Description-en: metadata database, indexer and search tool
Tracker is an advanced framework for first class objects with associated
metadata and tags. It provides a one stop solution for all metadata, tags,
shared object databases, search tools and indexing.
Description-md5: cdf97f683b016bf470edc15aff8e8750
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop