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

Last updated: May 12,2024

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

Please follow the guidelines below to install wget on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall wget on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


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

Package: wget
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.21.2-2ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: standard
Section: web
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Noël Köthe
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 984
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libidn2-0 (>= 0.6), libpcre2-8-0 (>= 10.22), libpsl5 (>= 0.16.0), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0~~alpha1), libuuid1 (>= 2.16), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: ca-certificates
Conflicts: wget-ssl
Filename: pool/main/w/wget/wget_1.21.2-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 367378
MD5sum: 599abf4e110743df9c482ceee018113c
SHA1: 1dfae9b80c6db365e903b9b3bb2aae16df4cdccd
SHA256: 92f3521e432fd474a1ab814dca3799ea227e0ef8695e1336b2a3ccc6a6e55afd
SHA512: 7190b3b21c6421559b2ba9ef52f62fcba725f55775d9ca96c0a89375537ef0872159bf33ba08f8f3939de1b99dc81b9c64c50bf077900cc3adc27c971b45a834
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/
Description: retrieves files from the web
Description-md5: 63a4a740bcd9e8e94bf661e4f1806e02
Task: standard, server-minimal