How to Install and Uninstall findutils Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: November 21,2024

1. Install "findutils" package

This tutorial shows how to install findutils on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt install
            
                        
                findutils
            
                    
    
    Copied

2. Uninstall "findutils" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall findutils on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                findutils
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
    Copied

3. Information about the findutils package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: findutils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.8.0-1ubuntu1
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 (>= 2.33), 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_4.8.0-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 331772
MD5sum: 6e5fce556a3f678b60a59d360457348d
SHA1: b71b717a724519f94d684b5884b8d7f357d9e80e
SHA256: 5aba2a0406326438b080c952f567662b034730338499d73e0d27dafb0292ec4c
SHA512: b35b16fd4cb73f3c09176912fb02e9adb9c3f0b928915669aeffdb70b47749ceb3c32c8fb2c7e3f99771783b310f82ae76ada28f4ef77672eb8eff24900dfff6
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