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

Last updated: May 02,2024

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

This guide covers the steps necessary to install findutils on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "findutils" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall findutils on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


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

Package: findutils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.8.0-1ubuntu3
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: required
Essential: yes
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Andreas Metzler
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 620
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~)
Suggests: mlocate | locate
Breaks: binstats (<< 1.08-8.1), guilt (<< 0.36-0.2), libpython3.4-minimal (<< 3.4.4-2), libpython3.5-minimal (<< 3.5.1-3), lsat (<< 0.9.7.1-2.1), mc (<< 3:4.8.11-1), switchconf (<< 0.0.9-2.1)
Filename: pool/main/f/findutils/findutils_4.8.0-1ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 331640
MD5sum: 117058d542d26c9e181301e4529066bd
SHA1: baf1b133106d430d207bf7d13cc873beb6f135db
SHA256: 36b82c9455c45b4f1b88d07bdf30a1b62a4ad6164595b55254c0def2265ff4d6
SHA512: cb37dcf3c4d8b57879e65b24803ded2157a989c51e1fb00b48973693cef37f6c062d8708d9f290f031ca496d2ceea1257b147dd744a1ddded809d61c637bc877
Homepage: https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/findutils/
Description: utilities for finding files--find, xargs
Description-md5: ad1a783819241ffdf3ff5f37a676af59
Task: minimal