How to Install and Uninstall inetutils-talk Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "inetutils-talk" package

Please follow the steps below to install inetutils-talk on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install inetutils-talk

2. Uninstall "inetutils-talk" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall inetutils-talk on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove inetutils-talk $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the inetutils-talk package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: inetutils-talk
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 254
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Guillem Jover
Architecture: amd64
Source: inetutils
Version: 2:1.9.4-1build1
Replaces: talk-hurd
Provides: talk
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libncurses5 (>= 6), libtinfo5 (>= 6), netbase
Filename: pool/universe/i/inetutils/inetutils-talk_1.9.4-1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 42328
MD5sum: 9dcb73a1010b7e3fb92b1d18e6fb098f
SHA1: 8307b9e6a1af1c10fca744325212803230a3b0b4
SHA256: 8de9da84b3974f31a0d7f2d257d989140ec1566b259b9636ef960ae5870e627a
Description-en: talk to another user
Talk is a visual communication program which copies lines from your terminal
to that of another user.
Description-md5: cde471b5a5efdf23f3a11e79f5aa22fe
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/inetutils/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu