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

Last updated: December 23,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "micro" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install micro on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "micro" package

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

Package: micro
Source: micro (2.0.11-2)
Version: 2.0.11-2+b1
Installed-Size: 12452
Maintainer: Utkarsh Gupta
Architecture: amd64
Recommends: xclip
Description: modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor
Description-md5: 1e5016b81d0f5aedf7555bfa090aacc1
Homepage: https://micro-editor.github.io
Built-Using: golang-1.19 (= 1.19.8-2), golang-github-blang-semver (= 4.0.0-1), golang-github-dustin-go-humanize (= 1.0.0-3), golang-github-flynn-json5 (= 0.0~git20160717.7620272-2), golang-github-gdamore-encoding (= 1.0.0-3), golang-github-go-errors-errors (= 1.0.1-4), golang-github-kballard-go-shellquote (= 0.0~git20180428.95032a8-2), golang-github-lucasb-eyer-go-colorful (= 1.2.0-1), golang-github-mattn-go-isatty (= 0.0.17-1), golang-github-mattn-go-runewidth (= 0.0.14-1), golang-github-mitchellh-go-homedir (= 1.1.0-1), golang-github-rivo-uniseg (= 0.4.2-1), golang-github-sergi-go-diff (= 1.2.0-2), golang-github-xo-terminfo (= 0.0~git20210125.ca9a967-2), golang-github-yuin-gopher-lua (= 0.0~git20170915.0.eb1c729-5), golang-github-zyedidia-glob (= 0.0~git20170209.dd4023a-1.1), golang-github-zyedidia-pty (= 1.1.1+git20180126.3036466-4), golang-github-zyedidia-tcell (= 2.0.6-1), golang-github-zyedidia-terminal (= 0.0~git20180726.533c623-2), golang-golang-x-sys (= 0.3.0-1), golang-golang-x-text (= 0.7.0-1), golang-layeh-gopher-luar (= 1.0.4-1.1), golang-yaml.v2 (= 2.4.0-4)
Section: editors
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/micro/micro_2.0.11-2+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 3700048
MD5sum: 33ca480140c5c4c8ae11146dadeed179
SHA256: 21d7d760cf4991aaaf5671f6ecd7487f19d261f7e69d9efd8933dc0729019743