Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install apt-utils on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is apt-utils
apt-utils is:
This package contains some less used commandline utilities related
to package management with APT.
- apt-extracttemplates is used by debconf to prompt for configuration
questions before installation. - apt-ftparchive is used to create Packages and other index files
needed to publish an archive of Debian packages - apt-sortpkgs is a Packages/Sources file normalizer.
Task: minimal
Package: apt-utils
Status: install ok installed
Priority: important
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 832
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected]
Architecture: amd64
Source: apt
Version: 2.0.4
Depends: apt (= 2.0.4), libapt-pkg6.0 (>= 1.9.11~), libc6 (>= 2.14), libdb5.3, libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 9)
Description-en: package management related utility programs
This package contains some less used commandline utilities related
to package management with APT.
- apt-extracttemplates is used by debconf to prompt for configuration
questions before installation. - apt-ftparchive is used to create Packages and other index files
needed to publish an archive of Debian packages - apt-sortpkgs is a Packages/Sources file normalizer.
Original-Maintainer: APT Development Team [email protected]
Package: apt-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.0.2ubuntu0.2
Priority: important
Section: admin
Source: apt
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected]
Original-Maintainer: APT Development Team [email protected]
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 832
Depends: apt (= 2.0.2ubuntu0.2), libapt-pkg6.0 (>= 1.9.11~), libc6 (>= 2.14), libdb5.3, libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 9)
Filename: pool/main/a/apt/apt-utils_2.0.2ubuntu0.2_amd64.deb
Size: 213376
MD5sum: f8b60ecc9c2ca817bdbfa22ef8f3ea49
SHA1: 0f0e1be36bba2163e0c8591f4255d936175fa867
SHA256: f1fc249a674985437ff6cc2d0cd457c1ae0c64de4504fd3b9b103905419e385a
SHA512: 0a4656643726723486e07d90d25dcc9c212693c8b3a903fbdaeb92cd0883dd32ee4d148686bf41ae8e06493e0083b722c267dcab0cb799f84c8a1ec88995bcfa
Description-en: package management related utility programs
This package contains some less used commandline utilities related
to package management with APT.
- apt-extracttemplates is used by debconf to prompt for configuration
questions before installation. - apt-ftparchive is used to create Packages and other index files
needed to publish an archive of Debian packages - apt-sortpkgs is a Packages/Sources file normalizer.
Task: minimal
Package: apt-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.0.2
Priority: important
Section: admin
Source: apt
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected]
Original-Maintainer: APT Development Team [email protected]
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 832
Depends: apt (= 2.0.2), libapt-pkg6.0 (>= 1.9.11~), libc6 (>= 2.14), libdb5.3, libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 9)
Filename: pool/main/a/apt/apt-utils_2.0.2_amd64.deb
Size: 213336
MD5sum: fba2d737392c45668ec9d9847137808a
SHA1: a13b49451b8df05a1ed12e8c25818d77466dc019
SHA256: 87b91ec08db0e3a2badd4ac5e2c7e8ca4e12574249c4d4cb79a1059522861192
Description-en: package management related utility programs
This package contains some less used commandline utilities related
to package management with APT.
- apt-extracttemplates is used by debconf to prompt for configuration
questions before installation. - apt-ftparchive is used to create Packages and other index files
needed to publish an archive of Debian packages - apt-sortpkgs is a Packages/Sources file normalizer.
Task: minimal
There are three methods to install apt-utils on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install apt-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install apt-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install apt-utils
Install apt-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install apt-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install apt-utils
Install apt-utils Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install apt-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install apt-utils
How To Uninstall apt-utils on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the apt-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove apt-utils
Uninstall apt-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall apt-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove apt-utils
Remove apt-utils Configurations and Data
To remove apt-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge apt-utils
Remove apt-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove apt-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge apt-utils
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install apt-utils package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
