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

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "suck" package

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


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall suck on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: suck
Priority: extra
Section: universe/news
Installed-Size: 437
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Christian Marillat
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.3.2-15
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.0), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Recommends: perl
Suggests: news-transport-system, news-reader
Filename: pool/universe/s/suck/suck_4.3.2-15_amd64.deb
Size: 121288
MD5sum: 3420afc72bcdb3d0ae1cfadf32b90787
SHA1: 4cfb0c2b04a16330f9983d25373cd72c473897d8
SHA256: 080f808f3bc76645015a217016221663749ca18551db1408c795073bc3801f9b
Description-en: small newsfeed from an NNTP server with standard NNTP commands
This package contains software for copying news from an NNTP server to your
local machine, and copying replies back up to an NNTP server.
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The suck/rpost combination allows you to run your own INN/CNEWS site,
controlling where you get your news, and where you post outgoing articles.
Suck/rpost use only standard NNTP commands that are used by your favorite
news reader (like tin, knews, trn) such as POST and ARTICLE. If you can
use tin or knews against an NNTP site, than you can use Suck/Rpost and have
multiple site feeds.
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NOTE: Suck will not work with obsolete NNTP servers that can't handle the
xhdr command.
Description-md5: 356f5eecc5e2630f27633127c19a9ea7
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu