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

Last updated: January 11,2025

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

Please follow the instructions below to install locate on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

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


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

Package: locate
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.8.0-1ubuntu3
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Source: findutils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Andreas Metzler
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 225
Depends: findutils (>> 4.2.31-1), libc6 (>= 2.34)
Breaks: slocate (<= 3.1-1.1)
Replaces: findutils (<< 4.2.31-2)
Filename: pool/universe/f/findutils/locate_4.8.0-1ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 79374
MD5sum: fa2ac0c7395f79c8c594924754278eb2
SHA1: 5897d54b0bf42f147803c6ea33acb0eebcf44775
SHA256: db152eb09b5af22271e6ca1fad631c618baba0addf03d064f46ea445e541f420
SHA512: b5f9ff7bba07192bd94b77b5fa377576538ac65e4d7fac8dc1ef3c2a2e0f3d37161f3504f0bf06e2ff3f658871d42224f931cad53b7a145572164c6c80ffa048
Homepage: https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/findutils/
Description: maintain and query an index of a directory tree
Description-md5: bff4cb1129be08196a6ed2311b3d1fbc
Cnf-Ignore-Commands: locate