How to Install and Uninstall ed Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: February 03,2025

1. Install "ed" package

This guide let you learn how to install ed on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Learn how to uninstall ed on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 ed package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: ed
Priority: standard
Section: editors
Installed-Size: 125
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Martin Zobel-Helas
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.10-2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/main/e/ed/ed_1.10-2_amd64.deb
Size: 49396
MD5sum: 7763a01ed698698cfd33e4d3b5748df4
SHA1: 98e0556ec61ffbe11cd87e5ae5a6b004ce99bf72
SHA256: 3b64767ce06d8535dafed186644521fd0ef79585b1f05d8192cf56ded98a64af
Description-en: classic UNIX line editor
ed is a line-oriented text editor. It is used to
create, display, modify and otherwise manipulate text
files.
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red is a restricted ed: it can only edit files in the
current directory and cannot execute shell commands.
Description-md5: 10ab4f4d0d094d088419c432af89cf48
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/ed/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: standard