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

Last updated: May 21,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "nvi" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install nvi on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall nvi 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 nvi package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: nvi
Source: nvi (1.81.6-17)
Version: 1.81.6-17+b2
Installed-Size: 635
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libdb5.3, libncursesw6 (>= 6), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Recommends: nvi-doc
Description: 4.4BSD re-implementation of vi
Description-md5: d33b900d5fbc5906f27b67a2e320fec3
Homepage: https://repo.or.cz/nvi.git
Tag: devel::editor, implemented-in::c, interface::text-mode, role::program,
suite::bsd, uitoolkit::ncurses, use::editing, works-with::text
Section: editors
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/nvi/nvi_1.81.6-17+b2_amd64.deb
Size: 256868
MD5sum: 6bba0eae5688644c577cff69adcfe2e6
SHA256: 41299f41e22d76cc3fe6c0bc42fb0ff832b5dc806a95a446fd2a775cc95ea411