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

Last updated: November 26,2024

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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install nitrogen 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 "nitrogen" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall nitrogen 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 nitrogen package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: nitrogen
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.6.1-2build1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Stefan Schörghofer
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 551
Depends: libatkmm-1.6-1v5 (>= 2.24.0), libc6 (>= 2.15), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libglibmm-2.4-1v5 (>= 2.54.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.24.0), libgtkmm-2.4-1v5 (>= 1:2.24.0), libpangomm-1.4-1v5 (>= 2.42.0), libsigc++-2.0-0v5 (>= 2.8.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libx11-6, libxinerama1
Filename: pool/universe/n/nitrogen/nitrogen_1.6.1-2build1_amd64.deb
Size: 153228
MD5sum: 215bae9a4fa6f8acb836c9be97f506ec
SHA1: d9cb9d52d74bd8a98292f1293a4d9be58ab3cea7
SHA256: 0bfe41b29acdf916f362a0b370fee31f21773acab1ef9f34312d2278c753ea34
SHA512: fdf6ebfb6dd7972edfde1882e9685b1628a6a140284e0c6b8f7078ea04571a6303da2b25739dbf2a094332c1efc17166c3606e2fdd2d3e8ef6800f3ac3114f08
Homepage: http://projects.l3ib.org/nitrogen/
Description: wallpaper browser and changing utility for X
Description-md5: dfb4721faa07fe523b31acbc55241be1