How to Install and Uninstall apt-utils Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "apt-utils" package

Please follow the steps below to install apt-utils on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                apt-utils
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "apt-utils" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall apt-utils on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                apt-utils
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the apt-utils package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: apt-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.3.9
Priority: important
Section: admin
Source: apt
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: APT Development Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 788
Depends: apt (= 2.3.9), libapt-pkg6.0 (>= 2.3.9), libc6 (>= 2.34), libdb5.3, libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3.1), libstdc++6 (>= 11)
Filename: pool/main/a/apt/apt-utils_2.3.9_amd64.deb
Size: 210744
MD5sum: 9f7755e269e4b389a6f6c9fcd045511c
SHA1: 80edec384dbc0468f663d0b4876005633268be93
SHA256: efa9a4a0f2ff3df4064ff6d7a1035823445a81d64a9a4f81272c7356c3e6e039
SHA512: 391addd05d94746d9cbbfc08c21bc93f1e6c9a0296b74af9af0ac26ee8bd5770223433bc9229b8296d5f5396258840e433fad78d0169beb5973f5b46456d9466
Description-en: package management related utility programs
This package contains some less used commandline utilities related
to package management with APT.
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* apt-extracttemplates is used by debconf to prompt for configuration
questions before installation.
* apt-ftparchive is used to create Packages and other index files
needed to publish an archive of Debian packages
* apt-sortpkgs is a Packages/Sources file normalizer.
Description-md5: fa0295dc4e40dbbea6c84f614c570636
Task: minimal