How to Install and Uninstall gnome-characters Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "gnome-characters" package

Please follow the steps below to install gnome-characters on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                gnome-characters
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "gnome-characters" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall gnome-characters on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


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

Package: gnome-characters
Architecture: amd64
Version: 40.0-1
Priority: optional
Section: gnome
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 724
Depends: gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0, gir1.2-glib-2.0, gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0, gir1.2-gtk-3.0 (>= 3.20.0), gir1.2-handy-1, gir1.2-pango-1.0, gjs (>= 1.49), libglib2.0-bin (>= 2.40.0-3), dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend, libc6 (>= 2.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.39), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.0.0), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.18.0), libunistring2 (>= 0.9.7)
Recommends: fonts-noto-color-emoji
Filename: pool/main/g/gnome-characters/gnome-characters_40.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 133536
MD5sum: 2a8905cbdca81178328d72bc4ac13d4e
SHA1: afeaaf7a2607edcdfbb520fcd673852dcf2309d8
SHA256: 71f8fd44118aa10739b968aa4b83867e384553fdef205dbf000ffde3f3dbd3f2
SHA512: b24f5e7903d2c400d1763c04bbf98d7d50281cdd80d9d21e5edda2782cd69750d0be79a27489c3d7771f7a9315c43fddb1727468171ce972ce274bea745af044
Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Design/Apps/CharacterMap
Description-en: character map application
Characters is a simple utility application to find and
insert unusual characters.
Description-md5: aaff70b065e65f1863b87e3865fb09a6
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi