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

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "patch" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install patch on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall patch 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 patch package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: patch
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.7.6-2ubuntu1.1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 238
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17)
Suggests: ed, diffutils-doc
Filename: pool/main/p/patch/patch_2.7.6-2ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb
Size: 101856
MD5sum: 9082d955b541993a6ef6bb464b9a3874
SHA1: e8d1123f08120b83fae2af8bfcae398f1903237f
SHA256: f56fc64546fbbbba26ca1776587bf0c3cad48438bb84c5c423c025ab86d4263e
SHA512: a31258df063e8b5e7b60013c9ac37022cdf9afc4dc2e428bbf2ddca021c2e76be543f1c7172c4746f21cbad5fcc573a09f5d72b4c813231ad98852f6564629c2
Homepage: http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/patch/
Description: Apply a diff file to an original
Description-md5: d56076980d5ce0f54f9dd685e6ca0ce7
Task: ubuntu-desktop, cloud-image, server, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop-share, lubuntu-gtk-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-qt-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Build-Essential: yes
Supported: 5y

Package: patch
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.7.6-2ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 238
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17)
Suggests: ed, diffutils-doc
Filename: pool/main/p/patch/patch_2.7.6-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 101608
MD5sum: c0bf9d24417fb7015a17956c91fa711d
SHA1: ba9d269077608f1893c0210bc0469212c50d3363
SHA256: 4300fec65dfb63b67049cbcbc206938ce41dbe986deafc5930189e09838ca1db
Homepage: http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/patch/
Description: Apply a diff file to an original
Description-md5: d56076980d5ce0f54f9dd685e6ca0ce7
Task: ubuntu-desktop, cloud-image, server, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop-share, lubuntu-gtk-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-qt-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Build-Essential: yes
Supported: 5y