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

Last updated: December 23,2024

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

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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall tracker 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 tracker package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: tracker
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.3.0-1
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 920
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.55.2), libicu70 (>= 70.1-1~), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.20.0), libstemmer0d (>= 0+svn527), libtracker-sparql-3.0-0 (= 3.3.0-1), shared-mime-info, libglib2.0-bin, default-dbus-session-bus | dbus-session-bus
Recommends: tracker-miner-fs
Breaks: tracker-miner-fs (<< 3.1.1)
Filename: pool/main/t/tracker/tracker_3.3.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 313804
MD5sum: df953c67e88b074204c9790dce7af65b
SHA1: 4f12140c20032602879854db99f84784ab1233f1
SHA256: a0747291baafb78ad492b2a8945a4ee8c63819da9aeabfbc91addc8aedda2112
SHA512: c1804f720be8a7f5eb10a5f6ac197a1a726f95d88c3b1b7410821d4ba891b06cd68894ea83ba2fbbee459e2e1bdc107be9a3d0d82eb70b6dbe5176c35bcaee34
Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Tracker
Description: metadata database, indexer and search tool
Description-md5: cdf97f683b016bf470edc15aff8e8750
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop