How to Install and Uninstall locate Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "locate" package

Learn how to install locate on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall locate on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                locate
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the locate package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: locate
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 173
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Andreas Metzler
Architecture: amd64
Source: findutils
Version: 4.6.0+git+20160126-2
Replaces: findutils (<< 4.2.31-2)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), findutils (>> 4.2.31-1)
Breaks: slocate (<= 3.1-1.1)
Filename: pool/universe/f/findutils/locate_4.6.0+git+20160126-2_amd64.deb
Size: 51068
MD5sum: a8b4ac9a5efd246b8a635ae26bb1f9f6
SHA1: ac5e8efd23de8c4751017ad045966dd26bc3b0aa
SHA256: 4dfebdc2b1413d3026bb772b675f2e91405e7c53cdee9f0b2dee44f51ecbd042
Description-en: maintain and query an index of a directory tree
updatedb generates an index of files and directories. GNU locate can be used
to quickly query this index.
Description-md5: bff4cb1129be08196a6ed2311b3d1fbc
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/findutils/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu