How to Install and Uninstall ed Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 24,2025

You can also install and uninstall the ed on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "ed" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install ed on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall ed on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ed package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: ed
Version: 1.19-1
Installed-Size: 108
Maintainer: Martin Zobel-Helas
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Description: classic UNIX line editor
Description-md5: 10ab4f4d0d094d088419c432af89cf48
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/ed/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, interface::text-mode,
role::program, scope::utility, suite::gnu, use::editing,
works-with::text
Section: editors
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/e/ed/ed_1.19-1_amd64.deb
Size: 58056
MD5sum: 5f4c4f2b9075ffc828f5be6186feb0de
SHA256: eb009104f25267f6bddbf936afbfa2cb23b6c1685b2d4c60027c4513feb17745