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

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "grep" package

Please follow the instructions below to install grep on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: grep
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.25-1~16.04.1
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: 472
Provides: rgrep
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libpcre3
Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info
Suggests: libpcre3 (>= 7.7)
Conflicts: rgrep
Filename: pool/main/g/grep/grep_2.25-1~16.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 152516
MD5sum: 14734973565c150a1a4bf58803399055
SHA1: 1ff43c906bc69ff5cb3fb1c27f46d17d7366ac9b
SHA256: b29bf212703582c2e6c49448577483bbb45845b06ed0f41c44d8041017ac03d0
SHA512: 6d644b0f93100b8c555f6e30de7d7531e704ffd37b4b955430b16d1b1dea0e6600647f293ca2640df00fc947e789fc8f77eced45a3923a08bd9beca0df0901ed
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/grep/
Description-en: GNU grep, egrep and fgrep
'grep' is a utility to search for text in files; it can be used from the
command line or in scripts. Even if you don't want to use it, other packages
on your system probably will.
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The GNU family of grep utilities may be the "fastest grep in the west".
GNU grep is based on a fast lazy-state deterministic matcher (about
twice as fast as stock Unix egrep) hybridized with a Boyer-Moore-Gosper
search for a fixed string that eliminates impossible text from being
considered by the full regexp matcher without necessarily having to
look at every character. The result is typically many times faster
than Unix grep or egrep. (Regular expressions containing backreferencing
will run more slowly, however.)
Description-md5: f9188c5583d41955f3b3fe60b9d445f1
Task: minimal
Supported: 5y

Package: grep
Essential: yes
Priority: required
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 476
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.24-1
Provides: rgrep
Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libpcre3
Suggests: libpcre3 (>= 7.7)
Conflicts: rgrep
Filename: pool/main/g/grep/grep_2.24-1_amd64.deb
Size: 150588
MD5sum: 529d8e09b74c4d8a745e8c0a2ddd4484
SHA1: 31c909d7198a850fb0d53f680b50145d16dd8217
SHA256: 1f5a1886dda0fab83f913a17f2591ffef2c4704577c804db13a31177d926a841
Description-en: GNU grep, egrep and fgrep
'grep' is a utility to search for text in files; it can be used from the
command line or in scripts. Even if you don't want to use it, other packages
on your system probably will.
.
The GNU family of grep utilities may be the "fastest grep in the west".
GNU grep is based on a fast lazy-state deterministic matcher (about
twice as fast as stock Unix egrep) hybridized with a Boyer-Moore-Gosper
search for a fixed string that eliminates impossible text from being
considered by the full regexp matcher without necessarily having to
look at every character. The result is typically many times faster
than Unix grep or egrep. (Regular expressions containing backreferencing
will run more slowly, however.)
Description-md5: f9188c5583d41955f3b3fe60b9d445f1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/grep/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: minimal