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

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "mg" package

This is a short guide on how to install mg on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall mg on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: mg
Version: 20180927-1
Installed-Size: 245
Maintainer: Harald Dunkel
Architecture: amd64
Provides: editor
Depends: libbsd0 (>= 0.7.0), libc6 (>= 2.14), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Description: microscopic GNU Emacs-style editor
Description-md5: 782b5369f4f7cf6ecd11dbfc7a175c86
Homepage: http://homepage.boetes.org/software/mg/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::text-mode, role::program,
uitoolkit::ncurses, use::editing, works-with::text
Section: editors
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/mg/mg_20180927-1_amd64.deb
Size: 104988
MD5sum: 2da9f958f916fce9a7e2b2867afa088b
SHA256: 9708de7f3b457808b1d19c5c7bf7e7fa298352fb1931226fded0d8fff7c5598b