How to Install and Uninstall python2 Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: May 15,2024

You can also install and uninstall the python2 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 "python2" package

Please follow the guidance below to install python2 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 "python2" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall python2 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 python2 package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: python2
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.7.18-3
Multi-Arch: allowed
Priority: optional
Section: universe/python
Source: python-defaults
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klose
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 69
Provides: python-ctypes, python-email, python-importlib, python-profiler, python-wsgiref
Pre-Depends: python2-minimal (= 2.7.18-3)
Depends: python2.7 (>= 2.7.18~), libpython2-stdlib (= 2.7.18-3)
Suggests: python2-doc (= 2.7.18-3), python-tk (>= 2.7.18~)
Conflicts: python-central (<< 0.5.5)
Breaks: python (<< 2.7.15-2), python2-doc (<< 2.7.18-2), update-manager-core (<< 0.200.5-2)
Replaces: python (<< 2.7.15-2), python-dev (<< 2.6.5-2), python2-doc (<< 2.7.18-2)
Filename: pool/universe/p/python-defaults/python2_2.7.18-3_amd64.deb
Size: 9098
MD5sum: f31fe1f283b8142caa8d5dc45decc84a
SHA1: ac69625c0e8160aab9ea43ebf311c71ee94efe57
SHA256: f7edbf5601d60f8771f95e15192199f1f6ae9a6d2ed2803b25f20d511d7fcf6a
SHA512: 250d353c42f881261a4f3aa923a25d10e901a8b7df415412285c57c396be5d32aff826ca43d70f4c28927950567a597c1537656ada9ea91b3fa407835acbc0d9
Homepage: https://www.python.org/
Description: interactive high-level object-oriented language (Python2 version)
Description-md5: 8a23c719c291789e6e4e8971b03680c5