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

Last updated: February 23,2025

1. Install "parallel" package

This is a short guide on how to install parallel 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 "parallel" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall parallel on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


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

Package: parallel
Architecture: all
Version: 20161222-1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Rogério Brito
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 997
Depends: perl, procps, sysstat, perl:any
Filename: pool/universe/p/parallel/parallel_20161222-1_all.deb
Size: 260132
MD5sum: 0eb4f1269fc7eed342b31b6ecd7e2dc0
SHA1: 995315ddd7a4e65f3b5c0c87fad582f018a7e31a
SHA256: 02a8f3a11fc529e313edf3649c02098b7569fface4eb0c0dcdd4334fe5323246
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/
Description: build and execute command lines from standard input in parallel
Description-md5: 8a851a81a172dd16a4bcbeb1f8f3c4ab