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

Last updated: February 02,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "mgetty" package

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


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall mgetty 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 mgetty package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: mgetty
Version: 1.2.1-1.2
Installed-Size: 315
Maintainer: Andreas Barth
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: mgetty-docs
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33), logrotate (>= 3.5.4-1), dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info
Suggests: mgetty-fax
Conflicts: mgetty-docs (<= 1.1.30-6)
Description: Smart Modem getty replacement
Description-md5: c471e309a8d6f0abb1365c20109ee425
Homepage: http://mgetty.greenie.net/
Tag: admin::login, hardware::modem, interface::commandline, role::program,
use::login
Section: comm
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/mgetty/mgetty_1.2.1-1.2_amd64.deb
Size: 175964
MD5sum: 9f3dbf1fd00a52d003178e34f27c20eb
SHA256: 3bbee42214f83a965dae0db0b46a7c66e5bcd20cd7bc34b7a49b15f1a2a1b092