How to Install and Uninstall gawk Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: January 23,2025

1. Install "gawk" package

This guide let you learn how to install gawk on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall gawk on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: gawk
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:4.1.4+dfsg-1build1
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: 1516
Provides: awk
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libgmp10, libmpfr6 (>= 3.1.3), libreadline7 (>= 6.0), libsigsegv2 (>= 2.9)
Suggests: gawk-doc
Filename: pool/main/g/gawk/gawk_4.1.4+dfsg-1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 401348
MD5sum: c2ac80144282d53f81b6e1faf23cd909
SHA1: bee446dbb761aaf6845092ea21b2cb41ecc3827c
SHA256: bb4bc89381d0dfab2e33d103ff2d5472e814e70c576434a3116d5d9cfec5a382
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/
Description: GNU awk, a pattern scanning and processing language
Description-md5: 0dce81fe543994c3caea814e2777732e
Task: cloud-image, server, xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop
Supported: 5y