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

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "slrn" package

This tutorial shows how to install slrn on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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 steps below to uninstall slrn on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: slrn
Priority: optional
Section: universe/news
Installed-Size: 1780
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Moritz Muehlenhoff
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.0.2-4build1
Provides: news-reader
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libcanlock2 (>= 2b), libgnutls-openssl27 (>= 3.0-0), libgnutls30 (>= 3.4.0), libslang2 (>= 2.2.4), libuu0
Pre-Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Suggests: slrnpull
Filename: pool/universe/s/slrn/slrn_1.0.2-4build1_amd64.deb
Size: 484068
MD5sum: 085d2138a2cb02ae676f7cc6cd4f6c11
SHA1: e31dad8c4a4e185e74cb7120d51744bc265cddab
SHA256: 0b5aa06f4fd2c64bb90c6f0db05b7f903924e1b1c2ab1b97080af280d975e2f5
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
Homepage: http://slrn.sourceforge.net/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu