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

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "gpm" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install gpm on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall gpm on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: gpm
Version: 1.20.7-5
Installed-Size: 497
Maintainer: Axel Beckert
Architecture: amd64
Depends: lsb-base (>= 3.2-13), ucf, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.15), libgpm2 (>= 1.20.7)
Description: General Purpose Mouse interface
Description-md5: f4d37ad222a8606e714a0eb799261d0d
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://nico.schottelius.org/software/gpm/
Tag: hardware::input, hardware::input:mouse, implemented-in::c,
interface::daemon, interface::text-mode, network::server, role::program
Section: misc
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gpm/gpm_1.20.7-5_amd64.deb
Size: 198996
MD5sum: eef8107b61bedd40fc63b915ada9b10e
SHA256: e1672318a9dbe6712e438d9361f7442a1b2f864612e9c02e637aca0bf4881be8