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

Last updated: April 26,2024

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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install googletest on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall googletest on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


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

Package: googletest
Architecture: all
Version: 1.11.0-3
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Steve M. Robbins
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 3628
Conflicts: google-mock (<< 1.8.0), libgtest-dev (<< 1.8.0)
Replaces: google-mock (<< 1.8.0), libgtest-dev (<< 1.8.0)
Filename: pool/universe/g/googletest/googletest_1.11.0-3_all.deb
Size: 541360
MD5sum: 8a4e928f15723201d43fc1e8786e04b7
SHA1: b81b719717ba89783b9eba68cfe42c467d31e8aa
SHA256: 7f665f45da5c1748ba85b7f7f1ff16e76ab9e6f61f2f09d8c4eb898d529c1b57
SHA512: 9a3aa754ebedc4f4e56ba5d0dec5e0dd73603771e802fc060ad03fcec00e20025d03e2130c97ea3f9f8e64622b54c8cc82249578e99b90e9a5ec07fde62e6db8
Homepage: https://github.com/google/googletest
Description: Google's C++ test framework sources
Description-md5: 1e437b718f57755079100bb08186b2de