How to Install and Uninstall wget Package on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "wget" package

This is a short guide on how to install wget on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)


    
        
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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 covers the steps necessary to uninstall wget on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu):


    
        
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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 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)

Package: wget
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.21.3-1ubuntu1
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: 932
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_1.21.3-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 334280
MD5sum: 3f9eb1194ce2a6db593999c694fb9e86
SHA1: d621e3fae26ec9b5b218515cb02b7b687f338463
SHA256: f4bfb999409f99037c52ffa557fef3e8b02c9c128db9c2cccd89c491ff77a8b9
SHA512: bed09ed02ebe8a6be4d1cb5a1c7e43a218b6e6921a078cb994ecd554abf40fc5759004aae71cfc0b00cc9d7d6912a3cfb8eebb8a9cfe791b8da7df17b192adde
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/
Description: retrieves files from the web
Description-md5: 63a4a740bcd9e8e94bf661e4f1806e02
Task: standard, server-minimal