How to Install and Uninstall gawk Package on Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "gawk" package

This tutorial shows how to install gawk on Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa)


    
        
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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 21 (Vanessa):


    
        
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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 21 (Vanessa)

Package: gawk
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:5.1.0-1ubuntu0.1
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: 1680
Provides: awk
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgmp10 (>= 2:6.2.1+dfsg), libmpfr6 (>= 3.1.3), libreadline8 (>= 6.0), libsigsegv2 (>= 2.9)
Suggests: gawk-doc
Filename: pool/main/g/gawk/gawk_5.1.0-1ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb
Size: 447184
MD5sum: 6e8fb3dd798b1382da46768e90b4c019
SHA1: 32c024f7ba0f92a5662c6ab2559f5d022f32cdbc
SHA256: 1d06b2f83ebccf73b692dfbb02e7f9414dc49f57e97f7ca104934ce37fae900b
SHA512: c5de1654bdcc0e4c0d796ae86dd14d608387543bccc0cfa1ce2ecfc12b0687b089ae17ea4e7b433d4aebd048de6c67a169a011094251985950353b7aaebc435a
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/
Description: GNU awk, a pattern scanning and processing language
Description-md5: 0dce81fe543994c3caea814e2777732e
Task: server-minimal, cloud-image, ubuntu-wsl, server, ubuntu-server-raspi, ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-graphics

Package: gawk
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:5.1.0-1build3
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: 1680
Provides: awk
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgmp10 (>= 2:6.2.1+dfsg), libmpfr6 (>= 3.1.3), libreadline8 (>= 6.0), libsigsegv2 (>= 2.9)
Suggests: gawk-doc
Filename: pool/main/g/gawk/gawk_5.1.0-1build3_amd64.deb
Size: 446872
MD5sum: 0cf8820ab5f613d810560692a163233e
SHA1: 1d5998a41385f9fc41b3ab6ab7d94c90c3ba2f05
SHA256: 4f4ce73c3af4f494fe1471a255fd77f1621f198732b4d42a36279ca5d1fa4c2d
SHA512: 7a5c29036320c28dcd675a6f07ed9882261bdde7a658c185d6e04e42a3c715e1ce5da767cdf3d1696363f6c3f4d589ec6c058db8a865d7b48f2de9c98f650f90
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/
Description: GNU awk, a pattern scanning and processing language
Description-md5: 0dce81fe543994c3caea814e2777732e
Task: server-minimal, cloud-image, ubuntu-wsl, server, ubuntu-server-raspi, ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-graphics