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dpkg-query: no packages found matching original-awk Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend ||/ Name Version Architecture +++-==========-==================-==================================== ii gawk 1:5.2.1-2 amd64 GNU awk, a pattern scanning and processing language ii mawk 1.3.4.20200120-3.1 amd64 Pattern scanning and text processing language 2 packages