How to Install and Uninstall ed Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: December 28,2024

1. Install "ed" package

Learn how to install ed on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall ed on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                ed
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ed package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: ed
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.16-1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: standard
Section: editors
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Martin Zobel-Helas
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 108
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/main/e/ed/ed_1.16-1_amd64.deb
Size: 52100
MD5sum: 7efdfe1eada429b8d4bdac7abde4090a
SHA1: f9d48640fe2fca0aedc12e84d380555a3a069e4c
SHA256: 90769258b4dbe9cb4f3180086371cef851b72356f518398d7113ae18130fc08f
SHA512: cbd6ee12df42182f42f639c9a548daf2d358e36698d033f38af2f0d28dd9e6b751e99d400cb1ac5a1fc568252399f9fe0b3de17428a7e69301ca6fa967b88523
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/ed/
Description-en: classic UNIX line editor
ed is a line-oriented text editor. It is used to
create, display, modify and otherwise manipulate text
files.
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red is a restricted ed: it can only edit files in the
current directory and cannot execute shell commands.
Description-md5: 10ab4f4d0d094d088419c432af89cf48
Task: standard