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

Last updated: December 23,2024

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

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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall uuid 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 uuid package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: uuid
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.6.2-1.5build9
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libs
Source: ossp-uuid
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Marco Nenciarini
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 39
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libossp-uuid16
Conflicts: libossp-uuid11
Filename: pool/universe/o/ossp-uuid/uuid_1.6.2-1.5build9_amd64.deb
Size: 11350
MD5sum: 28177f6c084943a967e206e2ee7e47e3
SHA1: 573351717faacda76aceb95192ff9b2410d8ed18
SHA256: 401d65e5795a840bf953a04bf1480d7e7dcb419790a77b941d1d3ede0c1f83b7
SHA512: 2b1e9374ed1282b9e5ece550f74b8c5724c1e4469046e881877ffdcd600d1f85a9b2ed40feecc661ff82736b933a90d732059076f4a44cd1e6c5da25f19562d1
Homepage: http://www.ossp.org/pkg/lib/uuid/
Description: Universally Unique Identifier Command-Line Tool
Description-md5: 85e48fcdb4490302812e9eda53cc614f