How to Install and Uninstall generate-ninja Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "generate-ninja" package

This guide let you learn how to install generate-ninja on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                generate-ninja
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "generate-ninja" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall generate-ninja on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


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

Package: generate-ninja
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.0~git20210128.09c9e5e-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: qinxialei
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2496
Provides: gn
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.18), libgcc-s1 (>= 4.2)
Filename: pool/universe/g/generate-ninja/generate-ninja_0.0~git20210128.09c9e5e-1_amd64.deb
Size: 736916
MD5sum: 0e944d5d78383a3788201db276c8cea0
SHA1: 03d92907ebfcdea385cc3fc4bf406fb90e9ba22c
SHA256: a5e1610278d3ef8c1b191c82a2c70f4270ce36d47c1f1a03e0bfe183996addcb
SHA512: 74a63daa8b5dfe7bb0d7f2ac43b9fd8de21a71abc777b99975b2e6a6d9ef25715bf7e1dc91be518fdda4bed1f91830fd2e4cb83c9ebb7fe0d6d99b9cf4c03dcb
Homepage: https://gn.googlesource.com/gn/
Description-en: meta-build system for ninja
Generate-Ninja, or GN, is a meta-build system that generates Ninja
build files so that you can build your project with Ninja. GN was,
originally, part of the Chromium source tree, and has since been
extracted into its own standalone repo.
Description-md5: 07fe9ff036b6e4b5c688313612d778d9