How to Install and Uninstall desktop-file-utils Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "desktop-file-utils" package

This tutorial shows how to install desktop-file-utils on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "desktop-file-utils" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall desktop-file-utils on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                desktop-file-utils
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the desktop-file-utils package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: desktop-file-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.26-1ubuntu5
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian freedesktop.org maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 257
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.50.0)
Filename: pool/main/d/desktop-file-utils/desktop-file-utils_0.26-1ubuntu5_amd64.deb
Size: 55940
MD5sum: 8220350a4dd31dda2c65c5b40e94c918
SHA1: d6192bd640f248bbc9081352f8ff03500d17693a
SHA256: eccb743c2fc6bfba1501ca0e3b6e1837e3d43cda172665615411d37b1ea2adf1
SHA512: 9c93c8a16d543dcaf489bb0c506a86c3d5b7c170cfb5259f8766005885d9ab89e9345656c211fe96e7c0fa0b540191922d1ec48b94ee612ef42b4842ee051c47
Homepage: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/desktop-file-utils
Description: Utilities for .desktop files
Description-md5: b235afbde001f33936d80b8419f367f5
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, xubuntu-minimal, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi, ubuntu-unity-desktop, ubuntucinnamon-desktop, ubuntucinnamon-desktop-raspi