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

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "mg" package

This is a short guide on how to install mg on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

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


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the mg package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: mg
Architecture: amd64
Version: 20171014-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/editors
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Harald Dunkel
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 244
Provides: editor
Depends: libbsd0 (>= 0.7.0), libc6 (>= 2.14), libtinfo5 (>= 6)
Filename: pool/universe/m/mg/mg_20171014-1_amd64.deb
Size: 104480
MD5sum: a17c70f17978ac4c0acc1eed04dc483f
SHA1: a2b4b92c7acc6a67d10930f73bb786c8fdee30f4
SHA256: 05126909fcfb653df5bcff802f3b195828463501b67e886a22a6c3870252b891
Homepage: http://homepage.boetes.org/software/mg/
Description: microscopic GNU Emacs-style editor
Description-md5: 782b5369f4f7cf6ecd11dbfc7a175c86