How to Install and Uninstall build-essential Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: November 22,2024

You can also install and uninstall the build-essential 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 "build-essential" package

Please follow the guidance below to install build-essential 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 "build-essential" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall build-essential on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


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

Package: build-essential
Architecture: amd64
Version: 12.9ubuntu3
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klose
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 21
Depends: libc6-dev | libc-dev, gcc (>= 4:10.2), g++ (>= 4:10.2), make, dpkg-dev (>= 1.17.11)
Filename: pool/main/b/build-essential/build-essential_12.9ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 4744
MD5sum: 8f82837be1c86fc816b51ac9b519268a
SHA1: 3f4d2e9af10adff4b07c92df6b7b697bc0be8dd2
SHA256: 1e464c41488d154b9f5ca19d2e9ac8b18913ae16e3dca713c3ba0223fae2cccc
SHA512: 65452b51286fa167cb80ffbecbb9c4fb94324aefe19a792a3996a62c24cfefc937ddbcabaaab6f94c507aa0fabf20eb8e4a90e6f88a1ee89de90a4eb3f9cc65e
Description: Informational list of build-essential packages
Description-md5: 90ef0ef86cafda0bd16f746eb621d9da
Task: ubuntustudio-video, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop
Build-Essential: yes