How to Install and Uninstall shared-mime-info Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: December 25,2024

You can also install and uninstall the shared-mime-info 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 "shared-mime-info" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install shared-mime-info on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "shared-mime-info" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall shared-mime-info on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


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

Package: shared-mime-info
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.1-2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: important
Section: misc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian freedesktop.org maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2744
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.35.9), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4)
Filename: pool/main/s/shared-mime-info/shared-mime-info_2.1-2_amd64.deb
Size: 453644
MD5sum: e3519c696d1fd9e04b384d5f239c94d2
SHA1: 2321e940bc1cbcf220c7b63df7900bc9c7030f77
SHA256: 0c0164e8673e2607ffa16511f595c5060658a06c0ccf784c269d4e9cd2463942
SHA512: f77993507fd29d17e3a649d5a5ddc417f25a52ff12b9cc952b91723afc07ac50a062c269e7a4ad2b4e7fc81dde5964825c8772e3f72725f459e258a4c3ef6a15
Homepage: https://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/shared-mime-info
Description: FreeDesktop.org shared MIME database and spec
Description-md5: 6f0051137219a573d6748b4e3bc55889
Task: minimal