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

Last updated: February 17,2025

1. Install "herbstluftwm" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install herbstluftwm on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

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


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

Package: herbstluftwm
Version: 0.7.1-2
Installed-Size: 532
Maintainer: Christoph Egger
Architecture: amd64
Provides: x-window-manager
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.28.0), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1), libx11-6, libxext6, libxinerama1
Recommends: dzen2, xterm, xfonts-base
Suggests: suckless-tools
Description: manual tiling window manager for X11
Description-md5: 88b19e921a0d332a12c54edee00e38b4
Homepage: https://herbstluftwm.org
Tag: interface::graphical, interface::x11, role::program, x11::window-manager
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/h/herbstluftwm/herbstluftwm_0.7.1-2_amd64.deb
Size: 166312
MD5sum: ef888b2ab346ec2185e6fb30558c70f9
SHA256: 5cb2aa8e67a7fd1d9ac242c9e05615d7b966c578f6a70435c67823fe44694bb5