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

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "wget" package

This tutorial shows how to install wget on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install wget

2. Uninstall "wget" package

Learn how to uninstall wget on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):

$ sudo apt remove wget $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the wget package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: wget
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.19.4-1ubuntu2.2
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: 932
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libidn2-0 (>= 0.6), libpcre3, libpsl5 (>= 0.16.0), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), libuuid1 (>= 2.16)
Recommends: ca-certificates
Conflicts: wget-ssl
Filename: pool/main/w/wget/wget_1.19.4-1ubuntu2.2_amd64.deb
Size: 315936
MD5sum: f90d75fd4a7653c58b13dee6ca4a32a6
SHA1: 3e5f489afdbc3d74da3a7820a0f60c8cc30116d4
SHA256: ccf494f932e83e08b218702b9c2fc00cfcdf697ab0c7b3af62e94f99e427f048
SHA512: c06cd1cf745912d553f86b89ed299573a39e0ba2c52876ce01f5436df7fda45ddef0706c6ad03a50955e281f20d02f060e4a90b7748b57ee6619b7b83992778c
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/
Description: retrieves files from the web
Description-md5: 63a4a740bcd9e8e94bf661e4f1806e02
Task: standard
Supported: 5y

Package: wget
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.19.4-1ubuntu2
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: 932
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libidn2-0 (>= 0.6), libpcre3, libpsl5 (>= 0.16.0), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), libuuid1 (>= 2.16)
Recommends: ca-certificates
Conflicts: wget-ssl
Filename: pool/main/w/wget/wget_1.19.4-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 315388
MD5sum: 8655920e12d92ca6a14d2b0647c83381
SHA1: 18ac6761dbfdfe4fc03ff2675b8f998e5d875ed5
SHA256: a5db6e6dfdec361c0c3265714e7a183cb42d6b25f93588ea56cc90ba39e5e5b2
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/
Description: retrieves files from the web
Description-md5: 63a4a740bcd9e8e94bf661e4f1806e02
Task: standard
Supported: 5y