How To Install libmawk1 on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmawk1 on Ubuntu.
What is libmawk1
libmawk1 is:
Libmawk is a fork of the popular awk implementation mawk, and aims to be the lightweight script language programmers embed in their application.
This implementation also supports some minor extensions over mawk:
- dynamic awk function calls from awk scripts (by name in string)
- dynamic variables (access variable by name in string)
- include “scriptname.awk”
Besides the shared object, an lmawk binary is also installed, which is command-line-compatible with mawk but provides all those extra features.
There are three methods to install libmawk1 on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libmawk1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmawk1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmawk1
Install libmawk1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmawk1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmawk1
Install libmawk1 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libmawk1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmawk1
How To Uninstall libmawk1 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libmawk1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmawk1
Uninstall libmawk1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmawk1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmawk1
Remove libmawk1 Configurations and Data
To remove libmawk1 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmawk1
Remove libmawk1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmawk1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmawk1
Dependencies
libmawk1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmawk1 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.