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

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "xidle" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install xidle on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall xidle on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: xidle
Version: 20161031
Installed-Size: 29
Maintainer: Thorsten Glaser
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libx11-6, libxss1
Description: run program after inactivity or edge sensitive
Description-md5: 8e3dc2f5ad0175ef54b1f4c7a127d712
Multi-Arch: foreign
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/x/xidle/xidle_20161031_amd64.deb
Size: 7782
MD5sum: 0d3c60c8f7085fa0053bfd61b16a954e
SHA256: e515aa5a0228f3aaffc1a1485f454655dcfbdf312a1690682df2f2b694cbd364