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

Last updated: May 10,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "mg" package

This guide let you learn how to install mg on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall mg 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 mg package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: mg
Version: 20221112-1
Installed-Size: 260
Maintainer: Harald Dunkel
Architecture: amd64
Provides: editor
Depends: libbsd0 (>= 0.7.0), libc6 (>= 2.34), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Description: microscopic GNU Emacs-style editor
Description-md5: 782b5369f4f7cf6ecd11dbfc7a175c86
Homepage: https://homepage.boetes.org/software/mg/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::text-mode, role::program,
uitoolkit::ncurses, use::editing, works-with::text
Section: editors
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/mg/mg_20221112-1_amd64.deb
Size: 108440
MD5sum: 5a0bf565c9d79c508c26460dad5f20c5
SHA256: d5b94464874407d5381c3f413a750c8344ca53d8f663de6d4fed06ef07eb75a3