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

Last updated: May 18,2024

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

This guide let you learn how to install parallel 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 "parallel" package

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

Package: parallel
Architecture: all
Version: 20210822+ds-2
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2943
Depends: procps, sysstat, perl:any
Suggests: ash, csh, fish, ksh, tcsh, zsh
Filename: pool/universe/p/parallel/parallel_20210822+ds-2_all.deb
Size: 1946526
MD5sum: 1670f08bf20379ba4d00f61614e7a40e
SHA1: 7ffd10d06d2f32c1f6e340797d0627169d733b87
SHA256: 97cfb71545c60e510d3b8b854cbe7e2b905bd1bf3656b79ea260038237bbcbb1
SHA512: f272766263d8f28914bf858e5edd5dab3cc4d8bc0ea5b58d5ef3ab66310585f2455d85691ceaa8299b50b12afc824df6570ab0f22b48b544f16dea66bf9cd0ea
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/
Description: build and execute command lines from standard input in parallel
Description-md5: 8a851a81a172dd16a4bcbeb1f8f3c4ab