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

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "xclip" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install xclip on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall xclip on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: xclip
Version: 0.13-1
Installed-Size: 64
Maintainer: Alessandro Ghedini
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libx11-6, libxmu6
Recommends: xauth
Description: command line interface to X selections
Description-md5: 7de32c567d0e0ae3e774a47b7dbea945
Homepage: https://github.com/astrand/xclip
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, interface::graphical,
interface::x11, role::program, scope::utility, uitoolkit::xlib,
works-with::text, x11::application
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/x/xclip/xclip_0.13-1_amd64.deb
Size: 23220
MD5sum: 664816834919c4fd9a4bb1a2dd5cbad4
SHA256: 22da2f062f75cf962f0853129a896ccba89d7d0c410f0373a7b622cb9d6b7614