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

Last updated: February 16,2025

1. Install "less" package

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


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

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


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

Package: less
Architecture: amd64
Version: 590-2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: important
Section: text
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Milan Kupcevic
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 313
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Filename: pool/main/l/less/less_590-2_amd64.deb
Size: 140348
MD5sum: 6b5dae31bc299eba098b1a82f4c4ea83
SHA1: 88f65e56ae69c2aa2aefa6db75402936c2fd14ab
SHA256: 5385260ac2502f70b36df09ffc113692bdc43b9a8572b12d3d4e6201d54b0244
SHA512: c461458d1c0edd6b7259246c0799b48295a49fdb51565d0413a365e7584994ad8dc1dbb15f112dddc9198c20f9f6ab7395add8644dcb0a3f4021c36c7206c9c5
Homepage: http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/
Description: pager program similar to more
Description-md5: a2c2d2eff1fb9762b71faf7540cf8dce
Task: minimal