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

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "info" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install info 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 "info" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall info 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 info package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: info
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.7.0.dfsg.2-6
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: standard
Section: doc
Source: texinfo
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian TeX maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 816
Provides: info-browser
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libtinfo6 (>= 6), install-info
Breaks: texinfo-doc-nonfree
Replaces: texinfo (<< 4.7-2), texinfo-doc-nonfree
Filename: pool/main/t/texinfo/info_6.7.0.dfsg.2-6_amd64.deb
Size: 204340
MD5sum: 042fdc2c35270ea9dd9691444c215f91
SHA1: b2493e7cbab24a2f745caf51574d1f0b701a050c
SHA256: a5dead1788be8b5d3c004c10ccad426ae8ea37eaf7abe78dc6d8c5564d2ac06b
SHA512: 57087f8e0abb5cb9aba5338e45b31f9595a3bf181f3960c8e231b7cc1c6a14a3f1ec60eae5e943a7224699da8fb71d4922ece897c9de8970b8a1d74b50c3d226
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/
Description-en: Standalone GNU Info documentation browser
The Info file format is an easily-parsable representation for online
documents. This program allows you to view Info documents, like the
ones stored in /usr/share/info.
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Much of the software in Debian comes with its online documentation in
the form of Info files, so it is most likely you will want to install it.
Description-md5: 98475bbce3804b8961f7886328b1baea
Task: standard