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

Last updated: January 31,2025

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

This tutorial shows how to install plocate on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

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


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

Package: plocate
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.1.15-1ubuntu2
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Steinar H. Gunderson
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 500
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3.1), libstdc++6 (>= 11), liburing2 (>= 2.0), libzstd1 (>= 1.4.0)
Suggests: systemd-sysv | powermgmt-base, systemd-sysv | nocache
Breaks: mlocate (<< 1.1.7)
Replaces: mlocate (<< 1.1.7)
Filename: pool/main/p/plocate/plocate_1.1.15-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 129204
MD5sum: bcde862d5f0a50f7c3d975855f17b7d4
SHA1: f21d663c50d22041a2abed88488940db7ee1f30c
SHA256: c11c1366715dd6a0ae5182e6b2b403f95d3ecfe145c0eb3f11d51caafc9b5e09
SHA512: e9febcb39212f0111ecf8b2b93d4278fb3274a0489f3d3c2beea515538e8c4fe4474f240270a2783373400b475f18d4fcd56ba19680a60ec05707e951e8b99d0
Homepage: https://plocate.sesse.net/
Description: much faster locate
Description-md5: a4c5300ae99585b540de76b958206601
Task: kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop