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

Last updated: May 06,2024

You can also install and uninstall the checkinstall 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 "checkinstall" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install checkinstall on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall checkinstall on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


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

Package: checkinstall
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-2ubuntu2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Stephen Gelman
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 436
Depends: dpkg-dev, file, sensible-utils, libc6 (>= 2.34)
Recommends: make
Suggests: gettext
Filename: pool/universe/c/checkinstall/checkinstall_1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 107476
MD5sum: e2bbd14f8a8b154873f07a48b981af00
SHA1: 943cb379390fc53f5d79b0e49d72082767d557db
SHA256: 26aca0ba0385c48c0187e0a112525907e64c4593c41e4982fc4f2a9a22d30a17
SHA512: 9b1fcb8f4b362351d1775c8c9a5142e381d57fafde0a383dc8614494f1230c9e6cfef976bc089789f74f02835a56bc2faa63c3023444789fade3d42dcbb2236e
Homepage: http://checkinstall.izto.org
Description: installation tracker
Description-md5: 65a8e9c4837c96312620e0e3daa0cd3f