How to Install and Uninstall avahi-daemon Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: December 28,2024

You can also install and uninstall the avahi-daemon 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 "avahi-daemon" package

This tutorial shows how to install avahi-daemon on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                avahi-daemon
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "avahi-daemon" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall avahi-daemon on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


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

Package: avahi-daemon
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.8-5ubuntu5.2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: net
Source: avahi
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Utopia Maintenance Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 297
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: libavahi-common3 (= 0.8-5ubuntu5.2), libavahi-core7 (= 0.8-5ubuntu5.2), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcap2 (>= 1:2.16), libdaemon0 (>= 0.14), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libexpat1 (>= 2.0.1), adduser, dbus (>= 0.60), lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), bind9-host | host
Recommends: libnss-mdns (>= 0.11)
Suggests: avahi-autoipd
Filename: pool/main/a/avahi/avahi-daemon_0.8-5ubuntu5.2_amd64.deb
Size: 69720
MD5sum: 9c1233b17936aaf87c57b2c4b627da51
SHA1: 4ec81eedd224530f36a6210c2fc5a627de7becb7
SHA256: 06284056e2d00b0e338a86b507580f1d481ae764fddf9992242173a2a053e37d
SHA512: 38862b44fef1b1ce3422c3ef9004dbf2495d5a80f0268c8be78c3e9c330eee3bee3d0a1bc0272945093e34284fd886edac1823cdc393e76b4928fd5ca458b445
Homepage: http://avahi.org/
Description: Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD daemon
Description-md5: 13d651a25febc553220e03e75c6f4c7b
Task: print-server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, 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

Package: avahi-daemon
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.8-5ubuntu5
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: net
Source: avahi
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Utopia Maintenance Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 297
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: libavahi-common3 (= 0.8-5ubuntu5), libavahi-core7 (= 0.8-5ubuntu5), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcap2 (>= 1:2.16), libdaemon0 (>= 0.14), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libexpat1 (>= 2.0.1), adduser, dbus (>= 0.60), lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), bind9-host | host
Recommends: libnss-mdns (>= 0.11)
Suggests: avahi-autoipd
Filename: pool/main/a/avahi/avahi-daemon_0.8-5ubuntu5_amd64.deb
Size: 69644
MD5sum: c8acde9748d64d704066507db8e01cd2
SHA1: 67a740e751b276365381c505163d5db43622d31e
SHA256: b486cdf6e5fd2c74a6fd3da7bb53dab53d7d3d650cceaf4c1382a026e5d89670
SHA512: be6bb067f73d707f9294fc40b338f1dcb44e03779c534e310ac75792d48466a2bb49e43b1e9368d78d16cb016fa83cded578f24b44ccb8a59c74f8cd80619711
Homepage: http://avahi.org/
Description: Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD daemon
Description-md5: 13d651a25febc553220e03e75c6f4c7b
Task: print-server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, 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