How to Install and Uninstall mawk Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "mawk" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install mawk on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall mawk on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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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 11 (Bullseye)

Package: mawk
Version: 1.3.4.20200120-2
Installed-Size: 242
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_1.3.4.20200120-2_amd64.deb
Size: 112156
MD5sum: b2125196a17c2e987543b669a65aef5c
SHA256: 0bc92b1b1851fbdf3343c527fefca7296a7b82ea36b8597924991140b541fc34