How to Install and Uninstall gir1.2-freedesktop Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: January 11,2025

You can also install and uninstall the gir1.2-freedesktop 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 "gir1.2-freedesktop" package

This tutorial shows how to install gir1.2-freedesktop on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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2. Uninstall "gir1.2-freedesktop" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall gir1.2-freedesktop on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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3. Information about the gir1.2-freedesktop package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: gir1.2-freedesktop
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.72.0-1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: introspection
Source: gobject-introspection
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 112
Provides: gir1.2-cairo-1.0 (= 1.72.0-1), gir1.2-dbus-1.0 (= 1.72.0-1), gir1.2-dbusglib-1.0 (= 1.72.0-1), gir1.2-fontconfig-2.0 (= 1.72.0-1), gir1.2-freetype2-2.0 (= 1.72.0-1), gir1.2-gl-1.0 (= 1.72.0-1), gir1.2-libxml2-2.0 (= 1.72.0-1), gir1.2-vulkan-1.0 (= 1.72.0-1), gir1.2-xfixes-4.0 (= 1.72.0-1), gir1.2-xft-2.0 (= 1.72.0-1), gir1.2-xlib-2.0 (= 1.72.0-1), gir1.2-xrandr-1.3 (= 1.72.0-1)
Depends: gir1.2-glib-2.0 (= 1.72.0-1)
Filename: pool/main/g/gobject-introspection/gir1.2-freedesktop_1.72.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 22338
MD5sum: ee3aca71c96c915a848f846dd68ec352
SHA1: 72bf448a58fdebbdd327df505c4be53638020023
SHA256: c42af0e321a6fbd9fd313294d2c4a419be981c8295e065b6960e15a2655724f7
SHA512: 198ca6297cd75aec06fa219edfc1166f77ed057eec6569c5a1c315677278c291ac2c778e63458aa3c0808feb7ce71b75debe3f24a36d0fbe521f4d5c4439a7e3
Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/GObjectIntrospection
Description: Introspection data for some FreeDesktop components
Description-md5: e492870e481eb146e130bddc80b8d5df
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, 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