How to Install and Uninstall silversearcher-ag Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "silversearcher-ag" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install silversearcher-ag on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                silversearcher-ag
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "silversearcher-ag" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall silversearcher-ag on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                silversearcher-ag
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the silversearcher-ag package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: silversearcher-ag
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 92
Maintainer: Hajime Mizuno
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.31.0-2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614), libpcre3, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Conflicts: python-ase (<< 3.8.1.3440)
Filename: pool/universe/s/silversearcher-ag/silversearcher-ag_0.31.0-2_amd64.deb
Size: 31452
MD5sum: f95e46dbd9f5058044211dd506ff9037
SHA1: 9d9502305703c02c325d23a35be3edffb9c9ef04
SHA256: 0ae8bf906cdb724fc418a9dbc1bb8122e705c2e444ca817ba9c62cc48bb1dd54
Description-en: very fast grep-like program, alternative to ack-grep
The Silver Searcher is grep-like program implemented by C.
An attempt to make something better than ack-grep.
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It searches pattern about 3–5x faster than ack-grep.
It ignores file patterns from your .gitignore and .hgignore.
Description-md5: 41b379bfb630fb331cd51e1eec3f2e96
Homepage: https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu