How to Install and Uninstall dash Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: April 27,2024

1. Install "dash" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install dash on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall dash on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                dash
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dash package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: dash
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.5.11+git20200708+dd9ef66+really0.5.11+git20200708+dd9ef66-5ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: required
Essential: yes
Section: shells
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Andrej Shadura
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 218
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Depends: debianutils (>= 2.15), dpkg (>= 1.19.1), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Filename: pool/main/d/dash/dash_0.5.11+git20200708+dd9ef66+really0.5.11+git20200708+dd9ef66-5ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 87060
MD5sum: 3f0459bc7e3398d1243376c6930ba8f8
SHA1: 8e4a8cafb0ae683b3ab4bc145253b248cade6e51
SHA256: 51c73210bda4509162265ada60e88de61979c99f0fe3b5c30bf0be61535842e6
SHA512: b7815d926c7003051485917d6149bacd4d2bc3d213d345cdc9a05470d15c1ea98905b03c7f0b0f107493fbee035401a4a90b59ecba79a731ddeac65d304ce615
Homepage: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/dash/
Description-en: POSIX-compliant shell
The Debian Almquist Shell (dash) is a POSIX-compliant shell derived
from ash.
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Since it executes scripts faster than bash, and has fewer library
dependencies (making it more robust against software or hardware
failures), it is used as the default system shell on Debian systems.
Description-md5: 8d4d9c32c6b2b70328f7f774a0cc1248
Task: minimal