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

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "nvi" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install nvi on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall nvi 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 nvi package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: nvi
Version: 1.81.6-15
Installed-Size: 1567
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libdb5.3, libncursesw6 (>= 6), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Recommends: nvi-doc
Description: 4.4BSD re-implementation of vi
Description-md5: d33b900d5fbc5906f27b67a2e320fec3
Homepage: https://repo.or.cz/nvi.git
Tag: devel::editor, implemented-in::c, interface::text-mode, role::program,
suite::bsd, uitoolkit::ncurses, use::editing, works-with::text
Section: editors
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/nvi/nvi_1.81.6-15_amd64.deb
Size: 260980
MD5sum: 66ce24287d3c6861520571659158c561
SHA256: f647695f6ee48ef9096d5b1975361554679cbd99222eb9181848f210bdb539bf