How to Install and Uninstall gawk Package on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "gawk" package

Please follow the steps below to install gawk on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)


    
        
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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 instructions below to uninstall gawk on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una):


    
        
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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 Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)

Package: gawk
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:5.0.1+dfsg-1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: interpreters
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Adrian Bunk
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1668
Provides: awk
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.29), libgmp10, libmpfr6 (>= 3.1.3), libreadline8 (>= 6.0), libsigsegv2 (>= 2.9)
Suggests: gawk-doc
Filename: pool/main/g/gawk/gawk_5.0.1+dfsg-1_amd64.deb
Size: 417540
MD5sum: 2594e84ada886c172c1c0c060fc63790
SHA1: fb3ceb68b4df4e1b024de67781f7c4d1a09413ce
SHA256: fe7c5e1f595f98971cc8ed8b45fcf8c6c3367a0000ca6cc9d5675c22953c06f3
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/
Description: GNU awk, a pattern scanning and processing language
Description-md5: 0dce81fe543994c3caea814e2777732e
Task: server, cloud-image, ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-graphics