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

Last updated: November 22,2024

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

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


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "galternatives" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall galternatives on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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3. Information about the galternatives package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: galternatives
Architecture: all
Version: 1.0.8
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Chinese Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 297
Depends: gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0, gir1.2-gtk-3.0, python3-gi, python3:any (>= 3.6~)
Recommends: policykit-1, python3-xdg
Filename: pool/universe/g/galternatives/galternatives_1.0.8_all.deb
Size: 49364
MD5sum: e829df6e481df7db6ac2cbc52ec2abe6
SHA1: 08c588df8ee6372367302ecc33e30d17f6f29cf9
SHA256: 65645970bdea5713328c3b0594e71b8f7ced201b132fc072cb787fb38f8d24e9
SHA512: 19d48f71b4e3c69b2d8ca62c2fd3bfdc529c28f57a494485336724fea82b40b6f08968e590653d5aa055256e2bd1ed243582380d559fce225ab890fc682df3a7
Description: graphical setup tool for the alternatives system
Description-md5: e2b6c21c44fe667505646d7a6160ea36
Task: lubuntu-desktop