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

Last updated: May 03,2024

1. Install "pidgin" package

Please follow the steps below to install pidgin on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall pidgin on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


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

Package: pidgin
Version: 2.14.1-1
Installed-Size: 1964
Maintainer: Richard Laager
Architecture: amd64
Depends: pidgin-data (<< 2.14.1-z), pidgin-data (>= 2.14.1), perl-base, perlapi-5.32.1, libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.4), libc6 (>= 2.29), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.0), libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0 (>= 1.0.0), libgstreamer1.0-0 (>= 1.0.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.24.0), libgtkspell0 (>= 2.0.10), libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.18.0), libpurple0 (>= 2.14.0), libsm6, libx11-6, libxss1
Recommends: gstreamer1.0-alsa | gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio, gstreamer1.0-libav, gstreamer1.0-plugins-base, gstreamer1.0-plugins-good, sensible-utils
Suggests: libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.5.9)
Description: graphical multi-protocol instant messaging client
Description-md5: d5144202de34a602a4ce8d04df208e8b
Homepage: https://www.pidgin.im
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::graphical, interface::x11,
network::client, protocol::TODO, protocol::gadu-gadu, protocol::irc,
protocol::jabber, protocol::msn-messenger, protocol::oscar,
protocol::ssl, protocol::yahoo-messenger, protocol::zeroconf,
role::program, scope::application, uitoolkit::gtk, use::chatting,
works-with::audio, works-with::im, works-with::video, x11::application
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/pidgin/pidgin_2.14.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 624676
MD5sum: 904b6aa4ef6580b2d1ccb7e638aee0cb
SHA256: f0b8fcaa33eb54bbcb921e911eee23f83ba87012d5c5a3d627cb92c945392927