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

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "tin" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install tin on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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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 guidelines below to uninstall tin on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: tin
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:2.4.6~20210225-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/news
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Marco d'Itri
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2964
Provides: news-reader
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33), 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_2.4.6~20210225-1_amd64.deb
Size: 707816
MD5sum: c896fd23e9d3c64dbfa60d09ab606b08
SHA1: 03a98a49d5a052622cd9bd8c817b3772c0518f6b
SHA256: dc5fab606e796bd1b11b6e7a5d0971328d244710a5f3e3a6b7db98edfbaea7e6
SHA512: a54a1cee2872bd5f408664e428319fb3cdacaa8c5cfc8874725fb5b9b4de648206ed3de0a9f40db9aa2ace459f7da1eec127ff35578af81992e637214d826f9b
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