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

Last updated: May 14,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "sysnews" package

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


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall sysnews 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 sysnews package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: sysnews
Version: 0.9+ds.1-2
Installed-Size: 54
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: news
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Conflicts: news
Description: program to display system news
Description-md5: c282863a7fd634b63360a2517069518c
Homepage: https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/admin/login/
Tag: admin::login, interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility,
works-with::text
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/sysnews/sysnews_0.9+ds.1-2_amd64.deb
Size: 12916
MD5sum: 789eacc6188fba862ba065e9f9955c04
SHA256: f854690fba8f70457329007a18c9e0e5c4bc9cd886db07dca2a5ff8200c2da08