How to Install and Uninstall wget Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "wget" package

Learn how to install wget on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall wget on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: wget
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.21.4-1ubuntu1
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: 916
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.38), libidn2-0 (>= 0.6), libpcre2-8-0 (>= 10.22), libpsl5 (>= 0.16.0), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0), libuuid1 (>= 2.16), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: ca-certificates
Conflicts: wget-ssl
Filename: pool/main/w/wget/wget_1.21.4-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 335080
MD5sum: 36cdf3b4dfb7592e7641970716718f02
SHA1: d9feb8770061d172c2dd49afd1ba76f908d74151
SHA256: 79894cad0d03c403ca86eede5bf62fe8ec28134069a4df32cd5892ed39ca56f3
SHA512: 31c62706b4e3b9449565d8be681c1e5e0ea3949616eca5a47d56fdfb176074323acf8114a4038ea58a6b668f888a954da1c682f64bb7b4c87d40f604f35184c8
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/
Description: retrieves files from the web
Description-md5: 63a4a740bcd9e8e94bf661e4f1806e02
Task: cloud-minimal, standard, ubuntu-wsl