How to Install and Uninstall minicom Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "minicom" package

This guide let you learn how to install minicom on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall minicom on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                minicom
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the minicom package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: minicom
Version: 2.8-2
Installed-Size: 1047
Maintainer: Martin A. Godisch
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Recommends: lrzsz
Description: Friendly menu driven serial communication program
Description-md5: 3ce1c5251a28c8f9b5a9d1d702f7501e
Homepage: https://salsa.debian.org/minicom-team/minicom
Tag: hardware::modem, interface::text-mode, role::program, scope::utility,
uitoolkit::ncurses, use::login
Section: comm
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/minicom/minicom_2.8-2_amd64.deb
Size: 286776
MD5sum: 26a0cf1aed352a9e041c104121f96f6a
SHA256: 3e1dc272acb0a4f8f06026f3f00d12621754b5efe012e9df11e1ae87374e4c2a