How to Install and Uninstall locate Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "locate" package

Please follow the guidance below to install locate on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                locate
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "locate" package

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


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

Package: locate
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.8.0-1ubuntu2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Source: findutils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Andreas Metzler
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 225
Depends: findutils (>> 4.2.31-1), libc6 (>= 2.33)
Breaks: slocate (<= 3.1-1.1)
Replaces: findutils (<< 4.2.31-2)
Filename: pool/universe/f/findutils/locate_4.8.0-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 79458
MD5sum: 4adb68485d958ceaf4bf22b528034ff7
SHA1: 119ebc146a2b5dd9c9f2c7d986c0e8242e7cf001
SHA256: 5d61e363e5de1bf4ee28b699cfb45e5b42ba44037cf7f7ba16a2c7bee4edf6c2
SHA512: 08bac2a9b0c7744fdc12877cffd90ace36c51f80ff62002419fdd8bfc26a69aed3c6bda4f759617ae9dc46b8c65e5006c222e43fa0deb54495d33ca1b7575b43
Homepage: https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/findutils/
Description-en: maintain and query an index of a directory tree
updatedb generates an index of files and directories. GNU locate can be used
to quickly query this index.
Description-md5: bff4cb1129be08196a6ed2311b3d1fbc
Cnf-Ignore-Commands: locate