How to Install and Uninstall original-awk Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: January 09,2025

You can also install and uninstall the original-awk 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 "original-awk" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install original-awk 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 "original-awk" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall original-awk on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


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

Package: original-awk
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2018-08-27-1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/interpreters
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Santiago Vila
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 178
Provides: awk
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.29)
Filename: pool/universe/o/original-awk/original-awk_2018-08-27-1_amd64.deb
Size: 73488
MD5sum: 5678bb6cfe5e98bbfb8e7b3e7e5284ed
SHA1: b4608f1ce24c795d73f0a459b8d8e244dcbc3203
SHA256: 52c5e8d745721c93a4bdd7ea67fe60f8fa7949badf3167c492ab81b9f0143cc8
SHA512: 46cf8f72748fe1485eb91ce8994fe4c8cd2a7825892287484181342546915e537e40573e30e67a75ed7795782d8ee5c1b0fb1b8af55de930f8be67f37493a9a9
Homepage: https://github.com/onetrueawk/awk
Description: The original awk described in "The AWK Programming Language"
Description-md5: 7a3c565b081bc0f03d9e79a6fd87fe27