How to Install and Uninstall gawk Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "gawk" package

Please follow the instructions below to install gawk on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall gawk on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gawk
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gawk package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: gawk
Version: 1:4.2.1+dfsg-1
Installed-Size: 2412
Maintainer: Adrian Bunk
Architecture: amd64
Provides: awk
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libgmp10, libmpfr6 (>= 3.1.3), libreadline7 (>= 6.0), libsigsegv2 (>= 2.9)
Suggests: gawk-doc
Description: GNU awk, a pattern scanning and processing language
Description-md5: 0dce81fe543994c3caea814e2777732e
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/
Tag: devel::interpreter, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline,
role::program, scope::utility, suite::gnu, use::converting,
use::filtering, use::scanning, works-with::text
Section: interpreters
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gawk/gawk_4.2.1+dfsg-1_amd64.deb
Size: 659620
MD5sum: e8f308cd11b452ef27c2db5116cae3dc
SHA256: 619f27785060d2d942b23a897481bb5fc068c8bba7afc710e48dbf1ec410ad08