How to Install and Uninstall pkg-config Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: November 26,2024

You can also install and uninstall the pkg-config 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 "pkg-config" package

This is a short guide on how to install pkg-config 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 "pkg-config" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall pkg-config on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


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

Package: pkg-config
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.29.2-1ubuntu3
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Tollef Fog Heen
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 131
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0), libdpkg-perl
Suggests: dpkg-dev
Conflicts: pkg-config-bin
Replaces: pkg-config-bin
Filename: pool/main/p/pkg-config/pkg-config_0.29.2-1ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 48218
MD5sum: 10ab97c1aa35f8cb64f6f36021d46b30
SHA1: c255c6ef31028cb4da1d9d669a50d332a62e4d7d
SHA256: 69da4190d948d0bf7444ead040791b7924bd1a08a10ec13cd7f0bb9baab09c53
SHA512: 359062b16f36ca844b9b32e6426847be3fa566ee3c8c5e3e04781ffc2a28f515f9afd4954d83b3e05bdb82ed910561d4cc1527d1c00b1b104e371d8c7014ab93
Homepage: http://pkg-config.freedesktop.org
Description: manage compile and link flags for libraries
Description-md5: 5622d544b680cd37e49d3435959207a2