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

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "numlockx" package

Please follow the instructions below to install numlockx on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall numlockx on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: numlockx
Version: 1.2-7.1
Installed-Size: 35
Maintainer: Michal Čihař
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libx11-6, libxext6, libxtst6
Suggests: x-display-manager
Enhances: gdm, kdm, wdm, xdm
Description: enable NumLock in X11 sessions
Description-md5: 443457451ab961060ec30ab3c8455978
Homepage: http://home.kde.org/~seli/numlockx/
Tag: implemented-in::c++, interface::commandline, interface::graphical,
interface::text-mode, interface::x11, role::program, scope::utility,
uitoolkit::xlib, x11::application
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/numlockx/numlockx_1.2-7.1_amd64.deb
Size: 10820
MD5sum: 5e287c705ce967fbf7e1549ab429650f
SHA256: 6be49fe002d1d103d865b55caf0d80fd450a0d4dba2396db10be5c7bb9a51186