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

Last updated: November 25,2024

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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install ntp on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt install
            
                        
                ntp
            
                    
    
    Copied

2. Uninstall "ntp" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall ntp on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                ntp
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
    Copied

3. Information about the ntp package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: ntp
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:4.2.8p15+dfsg-1ubuntu2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian NTP Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2071
Provides: time-daemon
Depends: adduser, lsb-base (>= 3.2-13), netbase, tzdata, libc6 (>= 2.34), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libedit2 (>= 2.11-20080614-0), libopts25 (>= 1:5.18.16), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0~~alpha1)
Recommends: sntp, perl:any
Suggests: ntp-doc
Conflicts: time-daemon
Replaces: time-daemon
Filename: pool/universe/n/ntp/ntp_4.2.8p15+dfsg-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 720770
MD5sum: a230a0b677408eb2bc92b3fd56d7d9c3
SHA1: acf6093b7091a364c3a01e450ca243d2c3607f21
SHA256: ff9cd9c7e5a19bb4412f8be53d5171f00919fa0ea17733762e4e8e26c080f51a
SHA512: 9477662bf8b1b021fa6d8ec93fb5a6f839c2d7170dffc23b8a4991d2b72003a2d13b99df42e9d44f9e9446f8dbf997d0fd8ed6a74bba26d1c875ac5a3226b693
Homepage: http://support.ntp.org/
Description: Network Time Protocol daemon and utility programs
Description-md5: 220487bd9eceed70fec6b929cb922fd3