How to Install and Uninstall spectre-meltdown-checker Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: February 24,2025

You can also install and uninstall the spectre-meltdown-checker 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 "spectre-meltdown-checker" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install spectre-meltdown-checker 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 "spectre-meltdown-checker" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall spectre-meltdown-checker 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 spectre-meltdown-checker package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: spectre-meltdown-checker
Architecture: all
Version: 0.44-3
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/kernel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Sylvestre Ledru
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 235
Filename: pool/universe/s/spectre-meltdown-checker/spectre-meltdown-checker_0.44-3_all.deb
Size: 53846
MD5sum: 173ac4547f54edf84dec2b3a6dfc4f24
SHA1: 0de6e074d8a95a376b33b4e54f42b300797c3bce
SHA256: bf2425ba0b5254ec69689eef6647d2201c9d7822fa641db4abe4a5704fa918a8
SHA512: a6728271073257eeb5227265401d1ea908dc8e618b09b7c9deab641be823593ff41e6b596682f92ad792fd7994195ba8a0ff28cf7aeee393cf6c5e4e87cf518c
Homepage: https://github.com/speed47/spectre-meltdown-checker
Description: Spectre & Meltdown vulnerability/mitigation checker
Description-md5: f9821144f958810f6827bf8f26fb25e3