How to Install and Uninstall xdg-desktop-portal-gtk Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: May 05,2024

You can also install and uninstall the xdg-desktop-portal-gtk 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 "xdg-desktop-portal-gtk" package

This tutorial shows how to install xdg-desktop-portal-gtk on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "xdg-desktop-portal-gtk" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall xdg-desktop-portal-gtk 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 xdg-desktop-portal-gtk package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: xdg-desktop-portal-gtk
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.14.0-1build1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: gnome
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Utopia Maintenance Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 436
Provides: xdg-desktop-portal-backend (= 1.14.0)
Depends: dbus-user-session | dbus-x11, gsettings-desktop-schemas, xdg-desktop-portal (>= 1.14.0), libc6 (>= 2.34), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12.6), libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.55.1), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.21.5)
Suggests: accountsservice, evince, xdg-desktop-portal-gnome
Filename: pool/main/x/xdg-desktop-portal-gtk/xdg-desktop-portal-gtk_1.14.0-1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 87402
MD5sum: bf3f749f0ab92ba90047b869e98ed9ce
SHA1: 10e83f93aa3569681a50277e40b4f1ea5797fae2
SHA256: d3d60526948e4a32a2a6a1c840fd6168fc03e1383a0ce50ff3740527d4bfb8c2
SHA512: 2bb26f41f37efa1a91d0e1fe6eff4e911bb65da677f8ab2e531702d1ca92773fa53ea4de278f5a1fd3ef8f77c9e8bb8cf550590c760c3132c1e809c5e9efa5c4
Homepage: https://flatpak.org/
Description: GTK+/GNOME portal backend for xdg-desktop-portal
Description-md5: 4e488fa004136715b8ea7a1eda5b8734
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi