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

Last updated: January 11,2025

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

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1. Install "talk" package

Learn how to install talk on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall talk 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 talk package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: talk
Source: netkit-ntalk
Version: 0.17-18
Installed-Size: 59
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: netstd
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libncurses6 (>= 6), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Suggests: talkd
Description: Chat with another user
Description-md5: 3312a1f61eab4169a2566a6a3f5788c0
Tag: interface::text-mode, network::client, role::program,
uitoolkit::ncurses, use::chatting
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/netkit-ntalk/talk_0.17-18_amd64.deb
Size: 22556
MD5sum: 229c4a84311b57813c800087f31ea5fb
SHA256: 9f1f749f2799940eda6c84d21ea05563be742be46c02968728755d87966be671