How to Install and Uninstall wikipedia2text Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "wikipedia2text" package

This is a short guide on how to install wikipedia2text on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                wikipedia2text
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "wikipedia2text" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall wikipedia2text on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                wikipedia2text
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the wikipedia2text package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: wikipedia2text
Priority: optional
Section: universe/text
Installed-Size: 53
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Axel Beckert
Architecture: all
Version: 0.11-5
Depends: liburi-perl, lynx-cur | www-browser
Recommends: less | most
Suggests: elinks | links2 | links | lynx | lynx-cur | w3m
Filename: pool/universe/w/wikipedia2text/wikipedia2text_0.11-5_all.deb
Size: 9884
MD5sum: ba94a0d1e44e3b5d06d959e495095679
SHA1: cfcdcb0ab3b58908b9b971cfd9d97c62ed6e3bd8
SHA256: 2acb2f0d11e4ab65fd3dfff6da4a00647c85513dcb8783319d7aaa69e4370e68
Description-en: displays Wikipedia articles on the command line
This script fetches Wikipedia articles (currently supports around 30
Wikipedia languages) and displays them as plain text in a pager or
just sends the text to standard out. Alternatively it opens the
Wikipedia article in a (possibly GUI) web browser or just shows the
URL of the appropriate Wikipedia article.
Description-md5: 10c9f3a9ef6f1c5e9152212331975849
Homepage: http://blog.256bit.org/archives/126-Wikipedia-in-der-Shell.html
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu