How to Install and Uninstall slrn Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "slrn" package

This guide let you learn how to install slrn on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall slrn on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                slrn
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the slrn package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: slrn
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.0.3+dfsg-5
Priority: optional
Section: universe/news
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Moritz Muehlenhoff
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1847
Provides: news-reader
Pre-Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libcanlock3 (>= 2b), libslang2 (>= 2.2.4), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), libuu0 (>= 0.5.20)
Suggests: slrnpull
Filename: pool/universe/s/slrn/slrn_1.0.3+dfsg-5_amd64.deb
Size: 496420
MD5sum: b30871ad9b13ee9bb4f140da74d1641f
SHA1: fabc2ed1d081d8762580e2397b244e38fba85550
SHA256: dcccaaa49ffb1ec2c81ef5752850880d6e7d9a18356afbb00565600232eb320b
SHA512: d051d5e08b27024876cd522d0b0595fd170cda60094bf78dce702b13a7e32a6c72bfc6d6038d94ff0f905e514884dc90cb3a85e3b433fb5abd04c17508c86c73
Homepage: http://slrn.sourceforge.net/
Description-en: threaded text-mode news reader
Slrn is a threaded news reader with color support that is designed to
read news fast over slow links.
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Slrn can read usenet news via NNTP or directly from a local news spool.
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Slrn can be heavily customized from its rc file, and even includes a
built in macro language. There is also support for killfiles and
article scoring.
Description-md5: f22a837ee31d5283b6f6e4c1cb3fd21e