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

Last updated: November 22,2024

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

Please follow the instructions below to install cpio 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 "cpio" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall cpio 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 cpio package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: cpio
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.13+dfsg-7
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: standard
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 324
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Suggests: libarchive1
Conflicts: cpio-mt, mt-st (<< 0.6)
Replaces: cpio-mt
Filename: pool/main/c/cpio/cpio_2.13+dfsg-7_amd64.deb
Size: 83236
MD5sum: 3da5a3b08a83d205263a3fb0e6b814a0
SHA1: 580f8b36ba71aca26512378f7133f16f7df48452
SHA256: 01f9b856ccb74fb1c4230110e9fcea221eab9cd74dd1c2fd5470bb16f1528473
SHA512: b08cfa9d0dd295b421ffa7644f145bde99414b8e69a7e178425556ed37111fa0addd1f20326323f9f6cacc0c65d10a36899df832f9a488dfd092be40fd198429
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/cpio/
Description: GNU cpio -- a program to manage archives of files
Description-md5: 5f492bf139a41f29fd2d6fcadf43606e
Task: standard, server-minimal