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

Last updated: November 21,2024

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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install rtkit 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 "rtkit" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall rtkit on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


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

Package: rtkit
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.13-4build2
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 143
Depends: adduser, dbus, policykit-1, libc6 (>= 2.34), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libsystemd0
Filename: pool/main/r/rtkit/rtkit_0.13-4build2_amd64.deb
Size: 35062
MD5sum: 3e60cb38825d35edfc52b07b041a4227
SHA1: 2de65407496dfaa898a57d0a164c85d8c2b89706
SHA256: 7432fa6876dbd2ce94ac8baa80a4778bb4bbf65509509db4c7f6d4ca3ebba91c
SHA512: 369b52b4e6f546d4bed3e2963a6d4e52d405387959ca2cfe2b3355f8dee939812b12323b25dee8e16c110ebfc2f9610fe2b1c27a0f506458d3e49d63781de53a
Homepage: https://github.com/heftig/rtkit
Description: Realtime Policy and Watchdog Daemon
Description-md5: 49d87b72431bed9d646487053d48658d
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi