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

Last updated: May 13,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "picocom" package

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


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall picocom 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 picocom package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: picocom
Version: 3.1-4
Installed-Size: 110
Maintainer: Matt Palmer
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Description: minimal dumb-terminal emulation program
Description-md5: 8388ab286473c706d22cd40ec72a12a3
Homepage: https://github.com/npat-efault/picocom
Tag: hardware::modem, interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility,
use::checking, use::configuring
Section: comm
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/picocom/picocom_3.1-4_amd64.deb
Size: 44780
MD5sum: 2eab0a0e53d75606ce750d450ca57acc
SHA256: b063db38b5b2370873736e98bf146b037089c81af38b352ebffe79a71129ffa7