How to Install and Uninstall dunst Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: January 23,2025

1. Install "dunst" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install dunst on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall dunst on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                dunst
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dunst package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: dunst
Version: 1.3.2-1
Installed-Size: 140
Maintainer: Michael Stapelberg
Architecture: amd64
Provides: notification-daemon
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.36), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.22.0), libx11-6, libxdg-basedir1, libxinerama1, libxrandr2 (>= 2:1.5.0), libxss1, default-dbus-session-bus | dbus-session-bus
Description: dmenu-ish notification-daemon
Description-md5: fd5c72dc12c62428f8975bdf673ca958
Homepage: https://dunst-project.org/
Tag: uitoolkit::gtk
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/dunst/dunst_1.3.2-1_amd64.deb
Size: 55376
MD5sum: 95012457f5cdfd4de046598ec38b9175
SHA256: ce29dcc950e120084cf0ae8850f8a690bda75d53f5bab08117ee5034a9c9f3d0