How to Install and Uninstall m4 Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: December 23,2024

You can also install and uninstall the m4 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 "m4" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install m4 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "m4" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall m4 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                m4
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the m4 package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: m4
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.4.18-5ubuntu2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: interpreters
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Santiago Vila
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 346
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libsigsegv2 (>= 2.9)
Suggests: m4-doc
Filename: pool/main/m/m4/m4_1.4.18-5ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 198836
MD5sum: 37ff1a23261e591841876b445fb64269
SHA1: 7a851efc87635d8c691f3b5513c9b3c960c76f03
SHA256: 572a544d2c18bf49d25c465720c570cd8e6e38731386ac9c0a7f29bed2486f3e
SHA512: 93e92c12d65be24be49c20a004c8d6ce55ad5f9c788b6a8092808796c6c4670acdccd5b8591152967117647757fcdbf571ebadd1342ac9729ea88c8e625b61b6
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/m4/
Description: macro processing language
Description-md5: 4d2d2315ae3e9465f92825939c8db872