How to Install and Uninstall command-not-found Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: May 01,2024

You can also install and uninstall the command-not-found 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 "command-not-found" package

This tutorial shows how to install command-not-found on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "command-not-found" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall command-not-found on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the command-not-found package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: command-not-found
Architecture: all
Version: 22.04.0
Priority: standard
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Michael Vogt
Original-Maintainer: Zygmunt Krynicki
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 37
Depends: python3-commandnotfound (= 22.04.0)
Suggests: snapd
Filename: pool/main/c/command-not-found/command-not-found_22.04.0_all.deb
Size: 5114
MD5sum: 1940bf008de096978e538cbcba31f085
SHA1: 731d6a33a902d288749f3497ebe9cf7c6316464a
SHA256: 480a7926d979ade5bef2200c6f7274e0f337049ca83508b984fac19e5e605151
SHA512: b4337af477a018a753f2e07f19d52f83a7ef579c1411b4abbf0f05090bdbff029166a94cf5914011aef8cbdf9751b459ad9dd84a8e2b79ed58d13409795e35ac
Description: Suggest installation of packages in interactive bash sessions
Description-md5: add5e86211cf27a4446f18bd0c777aa8
Task: standard