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

Last updated: December 29,2024

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

Please follow the guidelines below to install proot on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "proot" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall proot 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 proot package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: proot
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.1.0-1.3
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Rémi Duraffort
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 206
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libtalloc2 (>= 2.0.4~git20101213)
Filename: pool/universe/p/proot/proot_5.1.0-1.3_amd64.deb
Size: 75316
MD5sum: 5ff840ae456927c1c063cf18ed2f93f5
SHA1: c609e181ceeda11877797f45879084156265f442
SHA256: 01a5d27c4ac16e184bdb356c9e69fa7d494325ac653c4cd64fae4c3fc63cdbbb
SHA512: 74955672b54d2d825ed5f6721a7579cc7c03473f9ef2a573aca796075c546350539d7947edcf689672742bd82c7fc17b60ad1044a3ec23bf523d3a192d955f88
Homepage: http://proot.me
Description: emulate chroot, bind mount and binfmt_misc for non-root users
Description-md5: f74471c95fd77fd66894129479bbdcba