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

Last updated: November 07,2024

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

This guide let you learn how to install xsel on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall xsel 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 xsel package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: xsel
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2.0+git9bfc13d.20180109-3
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Josue Ortega
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 59
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libx11-6
Filename: pool/universe/x/xsel/xsel_1.2.0+git9bfc13d.20180109-3_amd64.deb
Size: 20460
MD5sum: d8f0616253bbd17a0a4b7ff28299ce81
SHA1: 0d6dbd4e725bd2a5ac625032048fc0c309c56c4a
SHA256: 9b4b7758933d2ed9c8d98008abe73e0d264d1c2e80dcfd7692958bb7291002a5
SHA512: 986c08f80a9a838dc1b086af8562cb8b8ba23b4e639f137de8adb97becc27dc7e37fbb7863298725f0a803439327584b84b7239173bb744c8370566bf35e2a25
Homepage: http://www.vergenet.net/~conrad/software/xsel/
Description: command-line tool to access X clipboard and selection buffers
Description-md5: 1b3da90ee371818f1298d56f0ca8017a