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

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "tin" package

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


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

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


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

Package: tin
Priority: optional
Section: universe/news
Installed-Size: 2466
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Marco d'Itri
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:2.3.2-1
Provides: news-reader
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libcanlock2 (>= 2b), libicu55 (>= 55.1-1~), libncursesw5 (>= 6), libpcre3, libtinfo5 (>= 6), libuu0, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Recommends: default-mta | mail-transport-agent
Suggests: gnupg, ispell
Filename: pool/universe/t/tin/tin_2.3.2-1_amd64.deb
Size: 619800
MD5sum: edc4ee7dbab9c2e8330f82474be890f0
SHA1: 902012211d08fc7a4dd85ed4c5ccc66a6f950a42
SHA256: 3be0cb74b32ecaba1ca17d43ebba3f3df8ea1dbeed3d45e9b4092479d76b973e
Description-en: Full-screen easy to use Usenet newsreader
tin can read news locally (i.e. from /var/spool/news) or remotely (rtin or
tin -r option) via an NNTP (Network News Transport Protocol) server.
Description-md5: 8a58989374e91e839f8418fe3d2d240f
Homepage: http://www.tin.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu