How to Install and Uninstall xdg-utils Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "xdg-utils" package

Please follow the guidance below to install xdg-utils on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install xdg-utils

2. Uninstall "xdg-utils" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall xdg-utils on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):

$ sudo apt remove xdg-utils $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the xdg-utils package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: xdg-utils
Architecture: all
Version: 1.1.3-2ubuntu2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian freedesktop.org maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 320
Recommends: libfile-mimeinfo-perl, libnet-dbus-perl, libx11-protocol-perl, x11-utils, x11-xserver-utils
Filename: pool/main/x/xdg-utils/xdg-utils_1.1.3-2ubuntu2_all.deb
Size: 61464
MD5sum: d204ec13c0d6812db5c3297f92ea44c8
SHA1: f80b3491dcc15200fbcdd02257f765ca059862c7
SHA256: 8400e3b378789848d23f2358c81f089b239c7c110efbced304fc9d35faa7de06
SHA512: 35bfc316a638918ad3b0443fe24da35ed67c7705be24b759b2f3aeb05af3a3770afdcb9e8ad31570725ad11d9ade145033ff925fbf85d5d2e299b5b0720dd822
Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xdg-utils/
Description-en: desktop integration utilities from freedesktop.org
xdg-utils contains utilities for integrating applications with the
desktop environment, regardless of which desktop environment is used.
.
The following utilities are included:
.
* xdg-desktop-menu - Install desktop menu items
* xdg-desktop-icon - Install icons on the user's desktop
* xdg-email - Compose a new email in the user's preferred email client,
potentially with subject and other info filled in
* xdg-icon-resource - Install icon resources
* xdg-mime - Query and install MIME types and associations
* xdg-open - Open a URI in the user's preferred application that
handles the respective URI or file type
* xdg-screensaver - Enable, disable, or suspend the screensaver
* xdg-settings - Get or set the default web browser and URI handlers
Description-md5: 10d9a624c77afc2a42aad2c3dae95f8b
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntustudio-fonts, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi