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

Last updated: May 03,2024

1. Install "sed" package

This tutorial shows how to install sed 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 "sed" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall sed on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


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

Package: sed
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.7-1ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: required
Essential: yes
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Clint Adams
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 340
Pre-Depends: libacl1 (>= 2.2.23), libc6 (>= 2.14), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~)
Filename: pool/main/s/sed/sed_4.7-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 189736
MD5sum: a37bbb5238e5663803d32eebe530c1bf
SHA1: 67562cb3bf284ea6f00136313f857635bfc1c9af
SHA256: 7c61c8707ff1231d843abdf8ed3a0c283ac7894cafe10f8bd1b4e29a2c3d6ebd
SHA512: e0f655a60b5457822d5deb73ff2adb392c7ab762da4a570a9d32dd20e1c9fe2b1e070e96b9e970b0d7c53c2d18776c9fae26ef88ee32c791b34a2c76e096557e
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/sed/
Description-en: GNU stream editor for filtering/transforming text
sed reads the specified files or the standard input if no
files are specified, makes editing changes according to a
list of commands, and writes the results to the standard
output.
Description-md5: 2ed71305ee7a49ce4438c58140980d2f
Task: minimal