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

Last updated: April 27,2024

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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install xattr on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall xattr on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                xattr
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the xattr package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: xattr
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.9.7-1build4
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Source: python-xattr
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Federico Ceratto
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 17
Depends: python3:any, python3-xattr (= 0.9.7-1build4), python3-pkg-resources
Filename: pool/universe/p/python-xattr/xattr_0.9.7-1build4_amd64.deb
Size: 4192
MD5sum: 9fe8de256429dca0373554e1b334c191
SHA1: 455e5e6c7135d0ecd605d74a5cc0ae56dfe128a9
SHA256: 07fb50763c0b702ab780ec089433cd002bf87fa145bcb71b394b15c75de8f649
SHA512: 53008fad72441592df08140c13effddc50587ce87e6d93d1118b758ebccd22f6a3cee66575e30ac4556b84b2356789bebbf278f40fd2a1a498b154aaab1bc213
Homepage: https://github.com/xattr/xattr
Description: tool for manipulating filesystem extended attributes
Description-md5: 4abd01adaa5bda608a89908277aefdf9