How to Install and Uninstall binfmt-support Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: December 29,2024

You can also install and uninstall the binfmt-support 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 "binfmt-support" package

Please follow the instructions below to install binfmt-support 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 "binfmt-support" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall binfmt-support on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


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

Package: binfmt-support
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.2.1-2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Colin Watson
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 195
Depends: lsb-base (>= 4.1+Debian3), libc6 (>= 2.34), libpipeline1 (>= 1.0.0)
Filename: pool/main/b/binfmt-support/binfmt-support_2.2.1-2_amd64.deb
Size: 55820
MD5sum: 4fc7a3fee6a6d4bd8f62320c04de9391
SHA1: bc7e7f8e2f49264096ddce3fc0d35d6b323dd473
SHA256: 44173bb76b7decc58f3c7a5cdb4914797af864aeabd93a3136312afe46a5d4ff
SHA512: badc565c4bab5f690a11f3ad356c97109afe0f9b39a97bf33c3bf7c3837cf25c9c7fdf0afb6d390995127766ef96935de3455cab8a992d6d0a202814070ee089
Homepage: https://nongnu.org/binfmt-support/
Description: Support for extra binary formats
Description-md5: 29e82a31bb4248987c1cee43d589e134