How to Install and Uninstall brltty Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: November 25,2024

1. Install "brltty" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install brltty on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall brltty on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                brltty
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the brltty package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: brltty
Version: 5.6-10+deb10u1
Installed-Size: 6364
Maintainer: Debian Accessibility Team
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libbrlapi1 (<< 3.7.2-7.1)
Depends: libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libbluetooth3 (>= 4.91), libbrlapi0.6, libc6 (>= 2.27), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0), libgpm2 (>= 1.20.7), libicu63 (>= 63.1-1~), liblouis17, libncursesw6 (>= 6), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.101), libsystemd0, libtinfo6 (>= 6), lsb-base (>= 3.2-14), policykit-1
Recommends: python
Suggests: brltty-speechd, brltty-x11, console-braille
Description: Access software for a blind person using a braille display
Description-md5: b8c159be4a394a28408d3a20fabc7576
Homepage: https://brltty.com
Tag: accessibility::input, accessibility::screen-reader, implemented-in::c,
interface::text-mode, role::program, scope::utility,
uitoolkit::ncurses, use::driver
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/b/brltty/brltty_5.6-10+deb10u1_amd64.deb
Size: 1246348
MD5sum: 2f485033307ca9053172b071d0e88bdc
SHA256: f328eb48926ff39926b4d6550f4745692fd0f6e778658ef8a98f9f2a93aab456