How to Install and Uninstall sysnews Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: March 17,2025

1. Install "sysnews" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install sysnews on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall sysnews on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: sysnews
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.9-17build1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Ryan Niebur
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 50
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Conflicts: news
Replaces: news
Filename: pool/universe/s/sysnews/sysnews_0.9-17build1_amd64.deb
Size: 12800
MD5sum: c3ed8cb1302eb19b9c7021f59ce39d32
SHA1: 92f2fe6889794eda8a73113831bd4d97bde8d4c7
SHA256: 47aba53fddcd4c282e55de93743f827233a44656035f8c7bac23adef42b57aba
Description: program to display system news
Description-md5: c282863a7fd634b63360a2517069518c