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

Last updated: November 23,2024

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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install wiringpi on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "wiringpi" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall wiringpi 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 wiringpi package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: wiringpi
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.50-0ubuntu2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libs
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Dave Jones
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 57
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libwiringpi2
Filename: pool/universe/w/wiringpi/wiringpi_2.50-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 18120
MD5sum: 6f3afeac17096c514454f96a093ec807
SHA1: c589375f177418a874d942cf1704bcf0a1a511b5
SHA256: 3e6090af5715530b35a4ef7a0a0b13e21f91b3d0e28b628814e2e3f07e8ec682
SHA512: 9036596d396d0d0c829d89e56247ff30a9758fe6656eb5ac50cc72e8372688dcd62d0a604d029d583932d69662c1beaa9eccc56c9613ea64db20ba841ab69eb5
Homepage: https://wiringpi.com/
Description: Raspberry Pi tool for controlling GPIO devices
Description-md5: 0fb54ff99d43c54a72b5f4d525d57fd0