How to Install and Uninstall minicom Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: January 10,2025

1. Install "minicom" package

Please follow the steps below to install minicom on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall minicom on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                minicom
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the minicom package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: minicom
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.7-1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/comm
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Martin A. Godisch
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 906
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libtinfo5 (>= 6)
Recommends: lrzsz
Filename: pool/universe/m/minicom/minicom_2.7-1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 231888
MD5sum: f0468e98e504ca27eabb8c3fda75e98e
SHA1: 922f930738da896372228109b1a357187bee8a81
SHA256: 56a6689c1e425e3954f1fe1bf2da1ad0c333b3be2370b015cc6bdeca8e8c7edd
SHA512: 30d9cb87fb3fda7b48cd3373ddfe5458537dc3c5678f5fba53c1b65d7b1d83e19471affe79ca1c4e74768a36ab0ac40ee20c9cb4af74c73c0d9c54318dd64fe4
Homepage: https://alioth.debian.org/projects/minicom/
Description-en: friendly menu driven serial communication program
Minicom is a clone of the MS-DOS "Telix" communication program. It emulates
ANSI and VT102 terminals, has a dialing directory and auto zmodem download.
Description-md5: 9dedbf4867bdbd70e0aec730ccaed94c

Package: minicom
Priority: optional
Section: universe/comm
Installed-Size: 906
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Martin A. Godisch
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.7-1build1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libtinfo5 (>= 6)
Recommends: lrzsz
Filename: pool/universe/m/minicom/minicom_2.7-1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 232174
MD5sum: 8ae95bf6fe9b6e39fe820970585e9e6f
SHA1: bca81f7eb746a59c656e3e35e1d597679cb17c7c
SHA256: 77b11b3edff168b84fef8270a729f51edf900aebb3e1496733e9617f0fbdae1a
Description-en: friendly menu driven serial communication program
Minicom is a clone of the MS-DOS "Telix" communication program. It emulates
ANSI and VT102 terminals, has a dialing directory and auto zmodem download.
Description-md5: 9dedbf4867bdbd70e0aec730ccaed94c
Homepage: https://alioth.debian.org/projects/minicom/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu