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

Last updated: January 25,2025

1. Install "colortest" package

This tutorial shows how to install colortest on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

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


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

Package: colortest
Version: 20110624-6
Installed-Size: 38
Maintainer: Jari Aalto
Architecture: all
Depends: perl:any, bash (>= 3), perl (>= 5)
Description: utilities to test color capabilities of terminal
Description-md5: 647a898b4902a7de25527f16b9567465
Homepage: ftp://invisible-island.net/xterm/
Tag: implemented-in::perl, implemented-in::shell, interface::commandline,
role::program, scope::utility
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/colortest/colortest_20110624-6_all.deb
Size: 12742
MD5sum: fe7c39b03b4984c18c5aadcc66b29e97
SHA256: 99102b4c08dd3bcb56960683c5ff45f0e5bfc8f68c7bdd1b96651a5786d1b8bf