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

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "mc" package

Please follow the steps below to install mc on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall mc on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: mc
Version: 3:4.8.22-1
Installed-Size: 1450
Maintainer: Dmitry Smirnov
Architecture: amd64
Provides: mcedit
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libext2fs2 (>= 1.37), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.35.9), libgpm2 (>= 1.20.7), libslang2 (>= 2.2.4), libssh2-1 (>= 1.2.8), mc-data (= 3:4.8.22-1)
Recommends: mime-support, perl, unzip
Suggests: arj, bzip2, catdvi | texlive-binaries, dbview, djvulibre-bin, epub-utils, file, genisoimage, gv, imagemagick, libaspell-dev, links | w3m | lynx, odt2txt, poppler-utils, python, python-boto, python-tz, xpdf | pdf-viewer, zip
Description: Midnight Commander - a powerful file manager
Description-md5: 252a5c5aeeb7425db45357d4ab8aa55f
Homepage: https://www.midnight-commander.org
Tag: admin::filesystem, devel::lang:perl, devel::library, implemented-in::c,
implemented-in::perl, interface::commandline, interface::text-mode,
role::devel-lib, role::program, scope::application, suite::gnu,
uitoolkit::ncurses, use::browsing, use::editing, use::organizing,
works-with::archive, works-with::file
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/mc/mc_4.8.22-1_amd64.deb
Size: 515992
MD5sum: 583d2b65b6e2add1f00a720d5a600080
SHA256: 024756beb74e0b2adcf13c3ff4e6f3c34c63729a0f0041627e8434cc1a26c5a3