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

Last updated: April 28,2024

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

Please follow the guidelines below to install zerofree 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 "zerofree" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall zerofree 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 zerofree package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: zerofree
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.1.1-1build3
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Thibaut Paumard
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 30
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libext2fs2 (>= 1.42)
Filename: pool/main/z/zerofree/zerofree_1.1.1-1build3_amd64.deb
Size: 8814
MD5sum: c16eab0131c22e00cd53ce60400f50fe
SHA1: 45aa04ef31af497aae9d4870b8dc689051a50eff
SHA256: b65039dcc39ab399264e5cea9dd26996d7422b04983a044baca578e436d1072c
SHA512: b3bc4e3c22c02c892a90cfa71297f24dd7f61dfe606e5260422536f0ea1841908aeced4c57fdab923e85a35f823dcbde630a7a59f0536eb1fbe5f201d1e72e09
Homepage: https://frippery.org/uml/
Description: zero free blocks from ext2, ext3 and ext4 file-systems
Description-md5: e8c47b284082ddf9145a003c9cbeafdb
Task: cloud-image, server, ubuntu-server-raspi