How to Install and Uninstall ed Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: February 03,2025

You can also install and uninstall the ed on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "ed" package

This tutorial shows how to install ed on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall ed on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 ed package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: ed
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.18-1
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 (>= 2.34)
Filename: pool/main/e/ed/ed_1.18-1_amd64.deb
Size: 55696
MD5sum: ea4f95fb13d893ed26e1833e74ecc2db
SHA1: 0bb274c79d55665f195ae4ee638a3cc28cfbccd8
SHA256: ce0e2bfa74c148efdd6525eb28c677442521289568dc5f1d75dffed55eab5599
SHA512: 39b139bf4a47dc748400f05f7df744c183bf596eeb3a65d03f4d49cc3ed9515ada047396e6ca675c218a1a35419d5da5956c3e7d9b2062411b94c81a5926ac06
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/ed/
Description: classic UNIX line editor
Description-md5: 10ab4f4d0d094d088419c432af89cf48
Task: standard