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

Last updated: January 31,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "mawk" package

This tutorial shows how to install mawk on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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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 guidelines below to uninstall mawk 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 mawk package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: mawk
Version: 1.3.4.20200120-3.1
Installed-Size: 263
Maintainer: Boyuan Yang
Architecture: amd64
Provides: awk
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.29)
Description: Pattern scanning and text processing language
Description-md5: 05965bfcd1a2333e963d9f1945d161fc
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/mawk/
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_1.3.4.20200120-3.1_amd64.deb
Size: 119144
MD5sum: 31b4bf928cdc04e445b5f61ba621ac74
SHA256: bcbc83f391854ea9d50ce2a4101aacf330de3b8b71d81a798faadba14a157f78