How to Install and Uninstall apt-utils Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "apt-utils" package

Please follow the steps below to install apt-utils on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                apt-utils
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "apt-utils" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall apt-utils on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                apt-utils
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the apt-utils package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: apt-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.2.3
Priority: important
Section: admin
Source: apt
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: APT Development Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 792
Depends: apt (= 2.2.3), libapt-pkg6.0 (>= 1.9.11~), libc6 (>= 2.33), libdb5.3, libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3.1), libstdc++6 (>= 9)
Filename: pool/main/a/apt/apt-utils_2.2.3_amd64.deb
Size: 200184
MD5sum: dce941ec566c2f15e20ca8e013bde208
SHA1: fcafdf359f995f7e3fae70cbeae7f63d852750a7
SHA256: 763b92bb5136029314ec4fc65b62a5950ecc170e7fae129c4cab86522fdfbac0
SHA512: e4f74bbea7732a93d72f5570a27ed419d45101176aba24bfda8f188977dbb0bc432d5e587c982d985684d5d6758e648b5a715c45cb45be3e04bc90f974c70fdd
Description-en: package management related utility programs
This package contains some less used commandline utilities related
to package management with APT.
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* apt-extracttemplates is used by debconf to prompt for configuration
questions before installation.
* apt-ftparchive is used to create Packages and other index files
needed to publish an archive of Debian packages
* apt-sortpkgs is a Packages/Sources file normalizer.
Description-md5: fa0295dc4e40dbbea6c84f614c570636
Task: minimal