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

Last updated: February 23,2025

1. Install "utalk" package

Please follow the steps below to install utalk on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall utalk on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


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

Package: utalk
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.0.2-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Radovan Garabík
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 130
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Suggests: talkd
Filename: pool/universe/u/utalk/utalk_1.0.2-1_amd64.deb
Size: 56776
MD5sum: bc54c230f26f9d79342d4de3230d6ba0
SHA1: 111f5a4587899cf7af9230ffaa3d84a9bbe7f5e9
SHA256: cf67ec08130ed32faa585d2264441a0f2ae20b752d4ca1943c3ab8f29750c3f5
SHA512: 8ca0750997d750ca9582dcd21abeca8fbbdd02f9d2e338753eccc3744bcea988d20f791276ba79ab5c7b9e5ebf33209c4d00730aa0e4cc68ebaf08716b2ece53
Homepage: https://utalk.ourproject.org/
Description-en: talk-like program with additional features
utalk uses a protocol, based on UDP, which ensures a quick response
even over links with high packet loss, allows editing of previously
typed text, including scrollback, deletion and overstrike, and
provides some additional features. It is not compatible with BSD
talk program.
Description-md5: 4469519e9bb8c06e587b6d254f0a8fd6