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

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "plocate" package

Please follow the steps below to install plocate on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall plocate on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


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

Package: plocate
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.1.8-2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Steinar H. Gunderson
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 498
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3.1), libstdc++6 (>= 6), liburing1 (>= 0.7), libzstd1 (>= 1.4.0)
Suggests: systemd-sysv | powermgmt-base, systemd-sysv | nocache
Breaks: mlocate
Replaces: mlocate
Filename: pool/universe/p/plocate/plocate_1.1.8-2_amd64.deb
Size: 118604
MD5sum: 24ac8632f762c5afb282c29ab042048b
SHA1: 7ced2efc02f55951c3b30ecd81e8f4accbaf969f
SHA256: 7c7d2e6281cf1bc09ff5b202758121a13cc047331b00c42fd827ff7f4dd297a0
SHA512: abcad0f267d421b49aa6cef3845da350c613eb800591e9add7d03caeb54d5ff9cf8c8d88eaba380fe5c8a75e2a5e8e404da312559e402e2ddf2d4e557166c87c
Homepage: https://plocate.sesse.net/
Description-en: much faster locate
plocate is a locate(1) based on posting lists, giving much faster searches
on a much smaller index. It is a drop-in replacement for mlocate in nearly
all aspects, and is fast on SSDs and non-SSDs alike.
Description-md5: a4c5300ae99585b540de76b958206601
Task: xubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi