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

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "grep" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install grep on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall grep on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


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

Package: grep
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.11-2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: required
Essential: yes
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 508
Provides: rgrep
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libpcre2-8-0 (>= 10.32)
Conflicts: rgrep
Filename: pool/main/g/grep/grep_3.11-2_amd64.deb
Size: 161408
MD5sum: d602c5da9dcd14d30bd99559e963c892
SHA1: 16f8e5384aa3f9e2824768cd8505f1cbeafe7b77
SHA256: 94796d81b866418d5727d486a20fbc419b034fe1871559196f6021e4e131e5b6
SHA512: bd87e2dc5230b449f557e61960f98f02f35aeb14d6d48386c282255fd484ae404409e5e655ed2a4660398e7031f9054dd0af082e37f4c2b114c07503acbaba25
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/grep/
Description: GNU grep, egrep and fgrep
Description-md5: f9188c5583d41955f3b3fe60b9d445f1
Task: minimal