How to Install and Uninstall gawk Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "gawk" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install gawk on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall gawk on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gawk
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gawk package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: gawk
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:5.2.1-2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: interpreters
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Adrian Bunk
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1736
Provides: awk
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgmp10 (>= 2:6.2.1+dfsg1), libmpfr6 (>= 3.1.3), libreadline8 (>= 6.0), libsigsegv2 (>= 2.9)
Suggests: gawk-doc
Filename: pool/main/g/gawk/gawk_5.2.1-2_amd64.deb
Size: 461226
MD5sum: 790b2d78e3d77dc7311664dfe6211304
SHA1: 4978303e1e9cf46d687fae0dfa105aea5dc2c125
SHA256: 1fb24b9ae8b1dffc8dbc7d558a3a4207e9a5e985ab9c63ba23ec9a966d5cce1f
SHA512: 48a0eb73019f28cb8aac7e3b5dc6f9c07c9e43bceb60a8f3cfb610554e31a51d20507785f9a21869c635500e3c457493e6424b06097d58d0035ff5e8f57c0ef7
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/
Description: GNU awk, a pattern scanning and processing language
Description-md5: 0dce81fe543994c3caea814e2777732e
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