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

Last updated: December 23,2024

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

Please follow the guidance below to install gosu on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall gosu on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


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

Package: gosu
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.14-1
Built-Using: golang-1.17 (= 1.17-1ubuntu2), runc (= 1.0.1-0ubuntu2)
Priority: extra
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: pkg-go
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2156
Filename: pool/universe/g/gosu/gosu_1.14-1_amd64.deb
Size: 794388
MD5sum: 53189933f8eb6f108437e5928f5a1ed6
SHA1: 7f95b115456ef08e756a475654d11c3453d5eb88
SHA256: 2c29b2f00140860210d8c463ce55372668407aa87441c137c56ede233a5c2ae3
SHA512: 2604fd403250b8530831cb7fea5b364f1d816e8e84b8ac9c1426de4564fe609f08732f3118317d2fd2d0765d2ebb4d425d0f53b1a79f1bd816ace1d530cde631
Homepage: https://github.com/tianon/gosu
Description: Simple Go-based setuid+setgid+setgroups+exec
Description-md5: 72c0b42347139534207936c653f27fc4