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

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "packagekit" package

This is a short guide on how to install packagekit 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 "packagekit" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall packagekit on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 packagekit package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: packagekit
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2.2-2ubuntu3
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klumpp
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1572
Depends: libglib2.0-bin, policykit-1, init-system-helpers (>= 1.52), libappstream4 (>= 0.10.0), libapt-pkg6.0 (>= 1.9.2), libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.54), libgstreamer1.0-0 (>= 1.0.0), libpackagekit-glib2-18 (>= 1.2.1), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.99), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.5.9), libstdc++6 (>= 11), libsystemd0 (>= 214)
Recommends: packagekit-tools, systemd
Suggests: appstream
Breaks: libpackagekit-glib2-14 (<= 0.7.6-4), libpackagekit-qt2-2 (<= 0.7.6-4), packagekit-backend-apt (<< 1.0), packagekit-backend-aptcc (<< 1.0), packagekit-backend-smart (<< 1.0), packagekit-offline-update (<< 1.0), packagekit-plugin-click (<= 0.3.1), plymouth (<< 0.9.5)
Filename: pool/main/p/packagekit/packagekit_1.2.2-2ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 436476
MD5sum: e759a969f1acdd703f6d855b9c7c6729
SHA1: c0d9efeeb957695b9230b606ff6c18d77703a20c
SHA256: 57843a5e7c8d995623276da921bf26b7cd1f159e7a70e187550a7b4145d7d5e4
SHA512: e6cc9ffb0dff082c3361a034fe68f3bad9bbb8a070df99c8726ac98090e5cf102a103ac1b0339a73910d9995d5d165ef9840dc4207c477c4f108ada4089ededb
Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/PackageKit/
Description-en: Provides a package management service
PackageKit allows performing simple software management tasks over a DBus
interface e.g. refreshing the cache, updating, installing and removing
software packages or searching for multimedia codecs and file handlers.
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The work is done by backends which make use of the package manager shipped by
the corresponding distribution. PackageKit is not meant to replace
advanced tools like Synaptic.
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The main benefits are:
- unified interface on several distributions
- fine grained privileges by using PolicyKit
- independency from a running desktop session during the processing
Description-md5: 2a370c6f43c72ec3adb4412d3b3bdca0
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, cloud-image, server, ubuntu-server-raspi, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi