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

Last updated: March 15,2025

1. Install "tmate" package

Please follow the steps below to install tmate on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

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


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

Package: tmate
Source: tmate (2.2.1-1)
Version: 2.2.1-1+b2
Installed-Size: 689
Maintainer: Lucas Kanashiro
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.26), libevent-2.1-6 (>= 2.1.8-stable), libmsgpackc2 (>= 2.1.0), libssh-4 (>= 0.6.1), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Description: terminal multiplexer with instant terminal sharing
Description-md5: 5c4f235e8782333d3ef97368921f25da
Homepage: http://tmate.io/
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/t/tmate/tmate_2.2.1-1+b2_amd64.deb
Size: 275868
MD5sum: d0ebcf1e2592bae9a2bcc172a2f33fa5
SHA256: 185dc82befcc060259578d68654e7b60307602beb8d6e43ca435258abd7df6b6