How To Install tin on Debian 10

Learn how to install tin on Debian 10 with this tutorial. tin is Full-screen easy to use Usenet newsreader

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tin on Debian 10.

What is tin

tin is:

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.

There are three methods to install tin on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install tin Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install tin using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install tin

Install tin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install tin using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install tin

Install tin Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install tin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tin

How To Uninstall tin on Debian 10

To uninstall only the tin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tin

Uninstall tin And Its Dependencies

To uninstall tin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tin

Remove tin Configurations and Data

To remove tin configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tin

Remove tin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove tin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tin

Dependencies

tin have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tin package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.