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

Last updated: December 23,2024

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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install gedit on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                gedit
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "gedit" package

Learn how to uninstall gedit on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


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

Package: gedit
Architecture: amd64
Version: 41.0-3
Priority: optional
Section: gnome
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1784
Depends: gedit-common (<< 42), gedit-common (>= 41), gir1.2-glib-2.0, gir1.2-gtk-3.0 (>= 3.22), gir1.2-gtksource-4, gir1.2-pango-1.0, gir1.2-peas-1.0, gsettings-desktop-schemas, iso-codes, python3-gi (>= 3.0), python3-gi-cairo (>= 3.0), python3:any, python3.10, libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.4), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libgirepository-1.0-1 (>= 0.9.3), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.64), libgspell-1-2 (>= 1.8.2), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.22), libgtksourceview-4-0 (>= 3.18.0), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.42.0), libpeas-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.1), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4)
Recommends: yelp, zenity
Suggests: gedit-plugins
Filename: pool/main/g/gedit/gedit_41.0-3_amd64.deb
Size: 433560
MD5sum: ae669c0eb615bb691dfe8052f794e56d
SHA1: 5d4165cf8d977a8234df5b3ecabf94efa77e4e91
SHA256: de18c00d65c34a3f863577ffb9f5056fde2222bbfd52dd23c9feacbda60b1a11
SHA512: 5b8fce50c4e17f0098566c54365051dd2b7dd44a6f241dc6e2113beeac1bb72b4a957fb6c38136dc7ea211ba4d67eed07fefe3b2d1b0c11f39ece6bcf9f0a72d
Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gedit
Description: official text editor of the GNOME desktop environment
Description-md5: 5091aaf6659e6bf7ca9b32695a59f9cd
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi