How to Install and Uninstall bash Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: April 28,2024

1. Install "bash" package

This tutorial shows how to install bash on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall bash on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                bash
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the bash package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: bash
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.0-6ubuntu1.2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: required
Essential: yes
Section: shells
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klose
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1660
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Depends: base-files (>= 2.1.12), debianutils (>= 2.15)
Recommends: bash-completion (>= 20060301-0)
Suggests: bash-doc
Conflicts: bash-completion (<< 20060301-0)
Replaces: bash-completion (<< 20060301-0), bash-doc (<= 2.05-1)
Filename: pool/main/b/bash/bash_5.0-6ubuntu1.2_amd64.deb
Size: 638808
MD5sum: eb3ae625bd053b5369f6f9696d43ab19
SHA1: 409b042bc90fa084bd288bb4e4fac21dfc865945
SHA256: 58e03b3be46c54eeb22ede348baf2b8251a6f3e0ce4f0bf0191c516f90f1f283
SHA512: b9e2acb2c932a52fe15c934725f83ffc691d4493e0c0dfe17827e3f324a46b7d6550fe73b403f028ee97957f799f0a9d940d031b139e689d0202be13e22f23f1
Homepage: http://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/bash/bashtop.html
Description: GNU Bourne Again SHell
Description-md5: 3522aa7b4374048d6450e348a5bb45d9
Task: minimal

Package: bash
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.0-6ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: required
Essential: yes
Section: shells
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klose
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1656
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Depends: base-files (>= 2.1.12), debianutils (>= 2.15)
Recommends: bash-completion (>= 20060301-0)
Suggests: bash-doc
Conflicts: bash-completion (<< 20060301-0)
Replaces: bash-completion (<< 20060301-0), bash-doc (<= 2.05-1)
Filename: pool/main/b/bash/bash_5.0-6ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 638400
MD5sum: d2655b78815a8ccd61674828408d27cd
SHA1: b1a0d6a9bae4b70616b93403be1f485742ba8162
SHA256: 3ee861fb5a1ea976e97a9038f785b43252bd4040cdd066ea1afe675ff7625ec8
Homepage: http://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/bash/bashtop.html
Description: GNU Bourne Again SHell
Description-md5: 3522aa7b4374048d6450e348a5bb45d9
Task: minimal