How to Install and Uninstall tin Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "tin" package

This is a short guide on how to install tin on Kali Linux


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall tin on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                tin
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the tin package on Kali Linux

Package: tin
Version: 1:2.6.4~20240224-1
Installed-Size: 2996
Maintainer: Marco d'Itri
Architecture: amd64
Provides: news-reader
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libcanlock3 (>= 3.0.0), libicu72 (>= 72.1~rc-1~), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libpcre2-8-0 (>= 10.22), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0), libtinfo6 (>= 6), libuu0 (>= 0.5.20), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Recommends: default-mta | mail-transport-agent
Suggests: gnupg, ispell
Size: 799304
SHA256: 2828aa4c81946e1f31ee8af6b4e65c8beb98c5693683787a8b4da2e0b069372a
SHA1: 9f44bac6ac5192f7302eb42e80381b08f703c647
MD5sum: 28020d9ffb789d526b3f63aa858ded4c
Description: Full-screen easy to use Usenet newsreader
tin can read news locally (i.e. from /var/spool/news) or remotely (rtin or
tin -r option) via an NNTP (Network News Transport Protocol) server.
Description-md5:
Homepage: http://www.tin.org/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::text-mode, network::client,
protocol::nntp, role::program, scope::application, uitoolkit::ncurses
Section: news
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/t/tin/tin_2.6.4~20240224-1_amd64.deb