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

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "xinit" package

Please follow the steps below to install xinit on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

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


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

Package: xinit
Version: 1.4.0-1
Installed-Size: 84
Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.11), libx11-6, coreutils (>= 7.4-1), x11-common, xauth
Recommends: xserver-xorg | xserver, xterm | x-session-manager | x-window-manager | x-terminal-emulator
Description: X server initialisation tool
Description-md5: d1a59408a40e4b7d5f1e952907662c93
Tag: interface::commandline, interface::daemon, interface::graphical,
interface::x11, network::server, role::program, x11::application
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/x/xinit/xinit_1.4.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 50152
MD5sum: 08f7234bbe83e81cb762098e55b5ebe3
SHA256: 07e6c9d0cac709b568b07f6df0256e4753d45230ada10632c1b67ff471dd6590