How to Install and Uninstall autogen Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: March 15,2025

You can also install and uninstall the autogen on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "autogen" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install autogen on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall autogen on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                autogen
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the autogen package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: autogen
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:5.18.16-4
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Andreas Metzler
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1167
Depends: guile-2.2-libs, libc6 (>= 2.17), libopts25 (>= 1:5.18.16), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), libopts25-dev (= 1:5.18.16-4), perl:any
Recommends: autogen-doc
Filename: pool/universe/a/autogen/autogen_5.18.16-4_amd64.deb
Size: 557828
MD5sum: c12ef779f0ea877db091464f019fa571
SHA1: 4689e429629d6f03a17f093cb1b6648220dfb722
SHA256: b55edab17a1b2dffc2912e0d026ea7373f0ae4d38c7edc5416b45f1af8009717
SHA512: 88a9a7bd31bde58376868fe8906d307526b3200e5fddde0ac848387927e9bc66239743600b9aa81a5b2279c028badee5ed63a05322a4d380d86c14a1de5a0c12
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/autogen/
Description: automated text file generator
Description-md5: 0d58326715b8d7163a06b3be785ab22a