How to Install and Uninstall inetutils-talk Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "inetutils-talk" package

This tutorial shows how to install inetutils-talk on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                inetutils-talk
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "inetutils-talk" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall inetutils-talk on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: inetutils-talk
Source: inetutils
Version: 2:1.9.4-7+deb10u1
Installed-Size: 263
Maintainer: Guillem Jover
Architecture: amd64
Provides: talk
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libidn11 (>= 1.13), libncurses6 (>= 6), libtinfo6 (>= 6), netbase
Description: talk to another user
Description-md5: cde471b5a5efdf23f3a11e79f5aa22fe
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/inetutils/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::text-mode, network::client, role::program,
suite::gnu, uitoolkit::ncurses, use::chatting
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/i/inetutils/inetutils-talk_1.9.4-7+deb10u1_amd64.deb
Size: 209308
MD5sum: ff8255f8fc836498363b78f08bd51cce
SHA256: 90d7df282329f986de3ed5e2c759d8bcfa7d8b168b6721dec9240facd5fbc50d