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

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "microcom" package

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


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall microcom on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: microcom
Version: 2017.03.0-2
Installed-Size: 50
Maintainer: Uwe Kleine-König
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libreadline7 (>= 6.0)
Description: minimalistic terminal program
Description-md5: 758d7ccafadf72b5ede7b15d4894282a
Tag: hardware::modem, implemented-in::c, interface::text-mode, role::program
Section: comm
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/microcom/microcom_2017.03.0-2_amd64.deb
Size: 17416
MD5sum: 9706ee429cd74a3ca33db66b069af5b5
SHA256: 6450f6cec01ef172f95eea12543cb69175f148bba9ac9117d38c12a201ec1e98