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

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "gawk" package

This guide let you learn how to install gawk on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

Learn how to uninstall gawk on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


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

Package: gawk
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:5.0.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: interpreters
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Adrian Bunk
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1660
Provides: awk
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.29), libgmp10, libmpfr6 (>= 3.1.3), libreadline8 (>= 6.0), libsigsegv2 (>= 2.9)
Suggests: gawk-doc
Filename: pool/main/g/gawk/gawk_5.0.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb
Size: 414540
MD5sum: 172d5afd163e1b311eee9a23301b9122
SHA1: ab6e71f1372f03966083725fd1d1f09a62d80989
SHA256: 5d48f427156f9d65f433a90af21033051102db391b1c1a7a07babd17dced5453
SHA512: 2362f278a8a10883f7ac3f1c152c0be5219951a9e2a79a56aea23844cb925b28e0808a344009d88e1d03b98632d37fd25d925bc56feb39c6bd781c95362f6a2d
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/
Description: GNU awk, a pattern scanning and processing language
Description-md5: 0dce81fe543994c3caea814e2777732e
Task: server, cloud-image, ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-graphics

Package: gawk
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:5.0.1+dfsg-1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: interpreters
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Adrian Bunk
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1668
Provides: awk
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.29), libgmp10, libmpfr6 (>= 3.1.3), libreadline8 (>= 6.0), libsigsegv2 (>= 2.9)
Suggests: gawk-doc
Filename: pool/main/g/gawk/gawk_5.0.1+dfsg-1_amd64.deb
Size: 417540
MD5sum: 2594e84ada886c172c1c0c060fc63790
SHA1: fb3ceb68b4df4e1b024de67781f7c4d1a09413ce
SHA256: fe7c5e1f595f98971cc8ed8b45fcf8c6c3367a0000ca6cc9d5675c22953c06f3
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/
Description: GNU awk, a pattern scanning and processing language
Description-md5: 0dce81fe543994c3caea814e2777732e
Task: server, cloud-image, ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-graphics