How to Install and Uninstall generate-ninja Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "generate-ninja" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install generate-ninja on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                generate-ninja
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "generate-ninja" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall generate-ninja on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


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

Package: generate-ninja
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.0~git20210209.dfcbc6fe-1~exp1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: qinxialei
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2504
Provides: gn
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33), libgcc-s1 (>= 4.2)
Filename: pool/universe/g/generate-ninja/generate-ninja_0.0~git20210209.dfcbc6fe-1~exp1_amd64.deb
Size: 800828
MD5sum: 6180c2942b1b8bc503a37d0acbe72819
SHA1: f2ed7a897b8952cc77bb3305e22a504164b80fab
SHA256: 8d233252274e5432eaa941055874ac3d3bef7de1ebcc9df60bc140cdd095abb3
SHA512: b72c69b31d890aa608b83ea5e2e2fdd11ce81018c306e2d2504d2ff6f78921529e3572ef0356625ec12e1562b0e7bb05b4a0ff9deba6182634e9e7365e77e477
Homepage: https://gn.googlesource.com/gn/
Description-en: meta-build system for ninja
Generate-Ninja, or GN, is a meta-build system that generates Ninja
build files so that you can build your project with Ninja. GN was,
originally, part of the Chromium source tree, and has since been
extracted into its own standalone repo.
Description-md5: 07fe9ff036b6e4b5c688313612d778d9