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

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "desktop-file-utils" package

This tutorial shows how to install desktop-file-utils on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall desktop-file-utils on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


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

Package: desktop-file-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.26-1ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian freedesktop.org maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 268
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.49.3)
Filename: pool/main/d/desktop-file-utils/desktop-file-utils_0.26-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 51828
MD5sum: 114a7fba7e75bb5e4b61f4f64d2d99b8
SHA1: 7e858a50ec206c1e1cc18f2285f1a266c97905ec
SHA256: 7f2c4a73def4282223e601fbeb16415e61deb95bf124563e3c202d078c911361
SHA512: 2df448a77bc26bdb78fc4816943bebb764a6e21c0546b5712c2bac0d4562eff9653877a191f2f910ee0f8060c9c26a164660d913800d2aac7e1794dc9c0e63ce
Homepage: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/desktop-file-utils
Description-en: Utilities for .desktop files
Some utilities to make dealing with .desktop files easier:
* update-desktop-database -- update the desktop-MIME mapping
* desktop-file-validate -- validate a desktop file
* desktop-file-install -- install a desktop file, munging en route.
Description-md5: b235afbde001f33936d80b8419f367f5
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi