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

Last updated: April 28,2024

1. Install "wget" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install wget on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)


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

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


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

Package: wget
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.20.3-1ubuntu2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: standard
Section: web
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Noël Köthe
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 988
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libidn2-0 (>= 0.6), libpcre2-8-0 (>= 10.22), libpsl5 (>= 0.16.0), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), libuuid1 (>= 2.16), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: ca-certificates
Conflicts: wget-ssl
Filename: pool/main/w/wget/wget_1.20.3-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 348052
MD5sum: 4e21a89fd1ac81b7abe55f3eaae1f70a
SHA1: 99ac82d1b4f5a965b5acc8b9b98996072b7e79ee
SHA256: 9a656b8746a59983c1ddfc802f664af302161980b6b03353c5fea3e32cb65959
SHA512: 9155b3b6f2c59596b61983e5798bbd0847e182671fc4cc7fba8c4358f8d015d583fa49034462776f52ffae025f33ee077a1112bb54cd307b6e84a4fdd7a3c7a3
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/
Description: retrieves files from the web
Description-md5: 63a4a740bcd9e8e94bf661e4f1806e02
Task: standard

Package: wget
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.20.3-1ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: standard
Section: web
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Noël Köthe
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 992
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libidn2-0 (>= 0.6), libpcre2-8-0 (>= 10.32), libpsl5 (>= 0.16.0), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), libuuid1 (>= 2.16), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: ca-certificates
Conflicts: wget-ssl
Filename: pool/main/w/wget/wget_1.20.3-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 348824
MD5sum: ae9eb859432505828dab97c80edcb5b5
SHA1: 45504b6e948d4f1a7e2ba0233bb57a67b392ceea
SHA256: 68144dde6d45e1a54fa983d6d10be7043e6695e259c8d2b12fd03ea5e475d56a
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/
Description: retrieves files from the web
Description-md5: 63a4a740bcd9e8e94bf661e4f1806e02
Task: standard