How to Install and Uninstall distro-info Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: April 26,2024

You can also install and uninstall the distro-info 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 "distro-info" package

This tutorial shows how to install distro-info on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                distro-info
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "distro-info" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall distro-info on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


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

Package: distro-info
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.1ubuntu0.2
Priority: important
Section: devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Benjamin Drung
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 69
Depends: distro-info-data (>= 0.46), libc6 (>= 2.34)
Suggests: shunit2 (>= 2.1.6)
Filename: pool/main/d/distro-info/distro-info_1.1ubuntu0.2_amd64.deb
Size: 18660
MD5sum: b78cd98919c9e60a96a670197632c569
SHA1: 4d24af6cc2c0147c6f79f2758821b0c70cb46b83
SHA256: 663e6ded8dc3f3e694c18804319949369360555b0ebabdac7a2a07abcd0ecc5d
SHA512: b1e8ff583e7d9984835c7521207ac9e4639070ca4da8b8f274577b92692957c45f872352e008c582b2b3d90acf391ae84752537da000de83cd7cc37d16415d91
Description: provides information about the distributions' releases
Description-md5: 5671943e370fd3dd7449d885e6363cee
Task: minimal

Package: distro-info
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.1build1
Priority: important
Section: devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Benjamin Drung
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 69
Depends: distro-info-data (>= 0.46), libc6 (>= 2.34)
Suggests: shunit2 (>= 2.1.6)
Filename: pool/main/d/distro-info/distro-info_1.1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 19074
MD5sum: 8eef120d00820497c68b4ea371f88128
SHA1: afec810483e035c482b7b3f7b516b4e582380513
SHA256: be6e1fcd9c56ca87ea8e2aaaaddbfb51e834beaea3edd1eafc4e92213a11d098
SHA512: 964ce5c654862399bea4b064b0c78a4d297f3a7e29551f649b547cda851425bdb37a5cff014c7bbd6463b890dd8ed188c50bd1373807fdd2b9268649865d6af6
Description: provides information about the distributions' releases
Description-md5: 5671943e370fd3dd7449d885e6363cee
Task: minimal