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

Last updated: December 23,2024

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

This guide covers the steps necessary to install usbutils on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                usbutils
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "usbutils" package

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

Package: usbutils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:014-1build1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: standard
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Aurelien Jarno
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 325
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libudev1 (>= 196), libusb-1.0-0 (>= 2:1.0.22)
Breaks: hwdata (<< 0.334-1~), isenkram (<< 0.45~), kinfocenter (<< 4:5.14.5-2~), libosinfo-1.0-0 (<< 1.8.0-1~), usbip (<< 2.0+5.10.4-1~)
Filename: pool/main/u/usbutils/usbutils_014-1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 85558
MD5sum: 909ff962ed75311765d60bfddd1932dd
SHA1: 19a19d3014a92dc1813bae0c4df9126344b7f491
SHA256: 6b8809fb7d070a2d5ada653bff8a812d26b84364c46188e21ffe15f743f3d054
SHA512: 278ebe469a7317fd8a21658cb08016dd84ba3d8812005abef5bab8acae54077e79c9f0b09de1ae48f99c91aa9e359700128e60b47b719f1bc0439617d25b3433
Homepage: https://github.com/gregkh/usbutils
Description: Linux USB utilities
Description-md5: 928f8c65aee445506dc03a844a66adac
Task: standard, server-minimal