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

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "gperf" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install gperf on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall gperf on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 gperf package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: gperf
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.1-1build1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Hilko Bengen
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 264
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.29), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5)
Replaces: libg++27-dev, libg++272-dev
Filename: pool/universe/g/gperf/gperf_3.1-1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 103172
MD5sum: 7fb5a4909859db336043bbe04b0facb4
SHA1: 32bb0517c8db664408bfdddfd604c1c29fb62b27
SHA256: f6701027304592fe819d219a5ee00d8b56ba4b2a05a7623dd923f1884d595042
SHA512: 05b46faea9b784ac5779236e1301bf06315b786a587e2f2f0e77adfda0224cdbcbbda30e27c41bfb23cf0a0a413615b8185bcaef9b6c5e130753c61a6d4500f8
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/gperf/
Description-en: Perfect hash function generator
gperf is a program that generates perfect hash functions for sets of
key words.
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A perfect hash function is simply: A hash function and a data structure
that allows recognition of a key word in a set of words using exactly 1
probe into the data structure.
Description-md5: 100d8b95fd17c0a38c7613dd1af69b60