How to Install and Uninstall sse4.2-support Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: November 25,2024

1. Install "sse4.2-support" package

This tutorial shows how to install sse4.2-support on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                sse4.2-support
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "sse4.2-support" package

Learn how to uninstall sse4.2-support on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                sse4.2-support
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the sse4.2-support package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: sse4.2-support
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/misc
Source: isa-support
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Adam Borowski
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 24
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.5)
Filename: pool/universe/i/isa-support/sse4.2-support_6_amd64.deb
Size: 8572
MD5sum: 42dbd47266e15f97496601310c5f60c9
SHA1: 6bf6cbd4e548f2634704d1a0484327f604ab86fd
SHA256: 0065eef0a34462c23c3cc99ea5abb1d494b10c322ce1cae3088ee851317863c3
SHA512: d0323539d815dd894be41175a0b3f91200d7d53508fdc24cb069e287df9ba46afbe080de823cbfc91a32ea90987527a6a3446cb05275465ce756f48a56dc7593
Description-en: prevent installation on processors without required instructions
This is a mostly dummy package, whose only purpose is to detect the presence
of sse4.2. It refuses to install on inadequate processors, thus allowing
specifying such a requirement as a dependency.
Description-md5: efe5ccc9b69541df6cc3924de0165e95