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

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "desktop-file-utils" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install desktop-file-utils on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall desktop-file-utils on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


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

Package: desktop-file-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.26-1ubuntu2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian freedesktop.org maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 260
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.49.3)
Filename: pool/main/d/desktop-file-utils/desktop-file-utils_0.26-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 56046
MD5sum: d914656ea1af5b7ce58a5c8427d5d742
SHA1: 668b22f0bb6f47d10883e4704b785bd7c595533c
SHA256: 409a7aa75d1421af2334c8ba90e577d72836ff0ce6ada452d1ac600590f1a9c8
SHA512: 203ac0606878cbd63591b3ac4f54e7bd2a2bf2f9c0a14548d6aac50dca80a19bab4f31da5ee61872a9530b1db386e0108acf24ccd9ddca8d30da5ea165d7e071
Homepage: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/desktop-file-utils
Description-en: Utilities for .desktop files
Some utilities to make dealing with .desktop files easier:
* update-desktop-database -- update the desktop-MIME mapping
* desktop-file-validate -- validate a desktop file
* desktop-file-install -- install a desktop file, munging en route.
Description-md5: b235afbde001f33936d80b8419f367f5
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi