How to Install and Uninstall w-scan Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "w-scan" package

Please follow the instructions below to install w-scan on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                w-scan
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "w-scan" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall w-scan on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: w-scan
Version: 20170107-2
Installed-Size: 443
Maintainer: Debian VDR Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.16)
Description: Channel scanning tool for DVB and ATSC channels
Description-md5: 73c6a77b6ba405abcb60f0a991ab8098
Homepage: http://wirbel.htpc-forum.de/w_scan/index2.html
Tag: hardware::video, implemented-in::c, role::program, use::searching
Section: video
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/w/w-scan/w-scan_20170107-2_amd64.deb
Size: 130176
MD5sum: 9a773614ba639cbc39d3dee5e6d341db
SHA256: 60b5dbd94187bbd9fddd411d68b01711e8bf29fb9aa29e771f8e3af3f789a31d