How to Install and Uninstall cmatrix Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: March 15,2025

You can also install and uninstall the cmatrix on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "cmatrix" package

Please follow the steps below to install cmatrix on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall cmatrix on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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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 cmatrix package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: cmatrix
Version: 2.0-3
Installed-Size: 52
Maintainer: Boyuan Yang
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libncurses6 (>= 6), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Recommends: kbd
Suggests: cmatrix-xfont
Description: simulates the display from "The Matrix"
Description-md5: 9af1f58e4b6301a6583f036c780c6ae6
Homepage: https://github.com/abishekvashok/cmatrix
Tag: game::toys, interface::text-mode, role::program, uitoolkit::ncurses,
use::entertaining
Section: misc
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/cmatrix/cmatrix_2.0-3_amd64.deb
Size: 17464
MD5sum: 1d047df99133df7868740781387094bb
SHA256: 7cf0352ecc35f9d776a5e7c4b56a249828faeb4140894b8113351e1bf3b74f9a