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

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "howdoi" package

This is a short guide on how to install howdoi 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 "howdoi" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall howdoi 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 howdoi package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: howdoi
Architecture: all
Version: 1.1.9-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/misc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Lucas Albuquerque Medeiros de Moura
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 47
Depends: python3-pygments, python3-requests, python3-requests-cache, python3:any (>= 3.3.2-2~), python3-pyquery, python3-lxml, python3-cssselect
Filename: pool/universe/h/howdoi/howdoi_1.1.9-1_all.deb
Size: 11600
MD5sum: 899a569a777e99e22ebc5ce785786118
SHA1: 7ca6d523b02f55fa510833739c7d4da24a783e83
SHA256: c04be3717e933b09855d1efd7ebce0383a5dea4e902e1a929b15f0dc3c925291
SHA512: c8274701eeb4049a963385b716a830c953f2ef7959a79226d8cd2208954e80b530cce335345653d14aab571cd2e5f1d81a89963a52c200992d97bcdb2860df43
Homepage: https://github.com/gleitz/howdoi
Description-en: command line tool for instant coding answers
howdoi will search Google for StackOverflow answers and output you the most
voted one. Multiple output options are supported, such as providing just a
link to the answer, providing multiple answers for the same question, etc.
Description-md5: 77bd810ea7cc1739ddda396f3b12c39f