How to Install and Uninstall gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


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

Package: gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons
Architecture: all
Version: 20.04.0+git20200908-5build1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/gnome
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 322
Depends: dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend, gnome-shell (>= 3.37), gjs, nautilus (>= 3.30.4), xdg-desktop-portal
Filename: pool/universe/g/gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons/gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons_20.04.0+git20200908-5build1_all.deb
Size: 46956
MD5sum: 997772b10cee6fad96fc06e485592c84
SHA1: 32dacc5ee25982e44ed42849aecf1246ee3b0743
SHA256: cc22f7e961b521173c17974f7018eff94967a064ad6d8efac1d3eda0bc0bff54
SHA512: 023d361e517802d6fc486f379e66a6f73ee9128d0b6a887f859c69129802746d1b75d9beced03f8be367422963bb6d1ed177f2344fa2e5615850f0ba9af62088
Homepage: https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/ShellExtensions/desktop-icons
Description-en: desktop icon support for GNOME Shell
This package provides a GNOME Shell extension for showing the contents
of ~/Desktop on the desktop of the Shell. Common file management
operations such as launching, copy/paste, rename and deleting are
supported.
Description-md5: de2d1265844a1946ab72c3b5b2921613