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

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "mawk" package

This is a short guide on how to install mawk on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall mawk on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: mawk
Source: mawk (1.3.3-17)
Version: 1.3.3-17+b3
Installed-Size: 183
Maintainer: Steve Langasek
Architecture: amd64
Provides: awk
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Description: a pattern scanning and text processing language
Description-md5: e02f3de1fa8a56e3f324f082c0c2e41f
Multi-Arch: foreign
Tag: devel::interpreter, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline,
role::program, scope::utility, use::filtering, use::scanning,
works-with::text
Section: interpreters
Priority: required
Filename: pool/main/m/mawk/mawk_1.3.3-17+b3_amd64.deb
Size: 84562
MD5sum: d1b7ace86960c9b2df04f1808a28637b
SHA256: 054b9bf39546852c24355349d1973493733ae6ac3f0f82f61708979af17fc79f