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

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "grep" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install grep on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall grep on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                grep
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the grep package on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)

Package: grep
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.4-1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: required
Essential: yes
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 496
Provides: rgrep
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libpcre3
Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info
Suggests: libpcre3 (>= 7.7)
Conflicts: rgrep
Filename: pool/main/g/grep/grep_3.4-1_amd64.deb
Size: 150796
MD5sum: 553f4366c8ea8fce16dae5a1e4eda042
SHA1: 16246b61ed4f5f105881155f097d52a27dbb7ae5
SHA256: ca498008bc57c2ccb26c5b467322cd5abbb458e2dd545658d8aef4490ee931de
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/grep/
Description: GNU grep, egrep and fgrep
Description-md5: f9188c5583d41955f3b3fe60b9d445f1
Task: minimal