How to Install and Uninstall cage Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 12,2024

You can also install and uninstall the cage on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "cage" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install cage on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "cage" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall cage on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the cage package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: cage
Version: 0.1.4-4
Installed-Size: 77
Maintainer: Sway and related packages team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libpixman-1-0 (>= 0.11.2), libwayland-server0 (>= 1.14.91), libwlroots10 (>= 0.15.0), libxkbcommon0 (>= 0.5.0)
Description: Kiosk compositor for Wayland
Description-md5: 90478df0e85b2e5b792f76bba81277c9
Homepage: https://github.com/Hjdskes/cage
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/cage/cage_0.1.4-4_amd64.deb
Size: 21904
MD5sum: 557b0bf835e2336e993dabad17a71fc7
SHA256: 645c605def426834754aa7d342dc4ec8ee5a005286703b56a520713ea819b74c