How to Install and Uninstall tin Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "tin" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install tin on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall tin on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 tin package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: tin
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:2.4.5~20200522-1build1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/news
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Marco d'Itri
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2928
Provides: news-reader
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libcanlock3 (>= 3.0.0), libicu67 (>= 67.1-1~), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libpcre3, libtinfo6 (>= 6), libuu0 (>= 0.5.20), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Recommends: default-mta | mail-transport-agent
Suggests: gnupg, ispell
Filename: pool/universe/t/tin/tin_2.4.5~20200522-1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 690280
MD5sum: bdd86be16e1207069ed29ec363887680
SHA1: 68d26335cef007f968dd8856de1ff260789d3fe5
SHA256: 76984df9675f13009a717f641dd3afc9754dee29ff3817b074e15a187f68901e
SHA512: 68c59ccbdc08d35ca9c31142fbb0f917f4275a690d41688d40726302149c89ed958c14f1dd340daf7552a9728475cc7f19bd6b094f24e375ca28898fa3e30490
Homepage: http://www.tin.org/
Description-en: 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: 8a58989374e91e839f8418fe3d2d240f