How to Install and Uninstall apt Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "apt" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install apt on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall apt on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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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 apt package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: apt
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.7.3
Priority: important
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: APT Development Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 4129
Provides: apt-transport-https (= 2.7.3)
Depends: base-passwd (>= 3.6.1) | adduser, gpgv | gpgv2 | gpgv1, libapt-pkg6.0 (>= 2.7.3), ubuntu-keyring, libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3.1), libgnutls30 (>= 3.7.5), libseccomp2 (>= 2.4.2), libstdc++6 (>= 13.1), libsystemd0
Recommends: ca-certificates
Suggests: apt-doc, aptitude | synaptic | wajig, dpkg-dev (>= 1.17.2), gnupg | gnupg2 | gnupg1, powermgmt-base
Breaks: apt-transport-https (<< 1.5~alpha4~), apt-utils (<< 1.3~exp2~), aptitude (<< 0.8.10)
Replaces: apt-transport-https (<< 1.5~alpha4~), apt-utils (<< 1.3~exp2~)
Filename: pool/main/a/apt/apt_2.7.3_amd64.deb
Size: 1374662
MD5sum: 5c667d1599d65c6317dab68a890c1e77
SHA1: 67488f6524dec0f2ac1e7199e3823365366c86bc
SHA256: 7382f8f1dfd334bd6b32ebe4540d6f9f742d6197b05717ad4e6d0578baebd4b3
SHA512: ba40b6eac7d445e0295337ec0632f8dbb33870f686120ebd124299e9606bbdcd14f64076d9064911f398a855525325fff41442e4cef6c2c967f09e4d8a62f975
Description: commandline package manager
Description-md5: 9fb97a88cb7383934ef963352b53b4a7
Task: minimal, server-minimal, cloud-minimal
Build-Essential: yes