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

Last updated: February 02,2025

1. Install "talk" package

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


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

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


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

Package: talk
Source: netkit-ntalk
Version: 0.17-16
Installed-Size: 59
Maintainer: Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: netstd
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libncurses6 (>= 6), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Suggests: talkd
Description: Chat with another user
Description-md5: 3312a1f61eab4169a2566a6a3f5788c0
Tag: interface::text-mode, network::client, role::program,
uitoolkit::ncurses, use::chatting
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/netkit-ntalk/talk_0.17-16_amd64.deb
Size: 22480
MD5sum: aeb73646dd002beb93a2b200cf9b83f5
SHA256: 81e6350f068857c7e168b705ccff012b7efed89aae1573e129d86315084d6a1a