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

Last updated: March 15,2025

1. Install "picocom" package

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


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

Learn how to uninstall picocom on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: picocom
Version: 3.1-2
Installed-Size: 98
Maintainer: Matt Palmer
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15)
Description: minimal dumb-terminal emulation program
Description-md5: 8388ab286473c706d22cd40ec72a12a3
Homepage: https://github.com/npat-efault/picocom
Tag: hardware::modem, interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility,
use::checking, use::configuring
Section: comm
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/picocom/picocom_3.1-2_amd64.deb
Size: 43712
MD5sum: d15d98588da709b5c169912f5cd3d9d0
SHA256: 9dd2631180c007f5908bfbf4aa6ac53a767c4a2011c32fb5738df555c6098098