How to Install and Uninstall desktop-file-utils Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: December 23,2024

You can also install and uninstall the desktop-file-utils 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 "desktop-file-utils" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "desktop-file-utils" package

Learn how to uninstall desktop-file-utils on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the desktop-file-utils package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: desktop-file-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.26-1ubuntu3
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian freedesktop.org maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 260
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.49.3)
Filename: pool/main/d/desktop-file-utils/desktop-file-utils_0.26-1ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 55934
MD5sum: e881abe818aba31c1c487f48124d9fdf
SHA1: 8259c9f744e530d482d3d06b1f1aa4b205b27267
SHA256: d9c4e24b44113cf8f9131aa0cb5f663c37d5fdcbc3238c2b06b84f2c2beafc60
SHA512: ac990c574efa52672dfd10e8532f821acf937f04cbc7faf940763fe564f33a4e48987867ebeb7ba343fe8790812e014d6e5bcf2283bfbc8122d80b77c7a22979
Homepage: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/desktop-file-utils
Description: Utilities for .desktop files
Description-md5: b235afbde001f33936d80b8419f367f5
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi