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

Last updated: May 18,2024

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

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1. Install "cinnamon" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "cinnamon" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall cinnamon 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 cinnamon package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: cinnamon
Version: 5.6.8-1
Installed-Size: 1451
Maintainer: Debian Cinnamon Team
Architecture: amd64
Provides: notification-daemon, x-window-manager
Depends: cinnamon-common (= 5.6.8-1), cinnamon-control-center (>= 5.6), cinnamon-desktop-data (>= 5.6), cinnamon-screensaver (>= 5.6), cinnamon-session (>= 5.4), cinnamon-settings-daemon (>= 5.4.3), cjs (>= 5.4), cups-pk-helper, dbus, gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0, gir1.2-caribou-1.0, gir1.2-cmenu-3.0 (>= 5.4), gir1.2-cvc-1.0 (>= 5.6), gir1.2-ecal-2.0, gir1.2-edataserver-1.2, gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0, gir1.2-gkbd-3.0, gir1.2-glib-2.0, gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0, gir1.2-goa-1.0, gir1.2-gtk-3.0, gir1.2-ical-3.0, gir1.2-keybinder-3.0, gir1.2-nemo-3.0 (>= 5.6), gir1.2-nm-1.0, gir1.2-nma-1.0, gir1.2-notify-0.7, gir1.2-pango-1.0, gir1.2-polkit-1.0, gir1.2-soup-2.4, gir1.2-gsound-1.0, gir1.2-timezonemap-1.0, gir1.2-upowerglib-1.0, gir1.2-xapp-1.0 (>= 1.9.0), gkbd-capplet, gnome-backgrounds, gnome-themes-extra, gsettings-desktop-schemas (>= 0.1.7), iso-flags-png-320x240, libcinnamon-desktop4 (>= 5.6), libcinnamon-menu-3-0 (>= 5.4), libcjs0 (>= 5.4), libglib2.0-bin, libmuffin0 (>= 5.6~), mesa-utils, muffin (>= 5.6~), nemo (>= 5.6), network-manager-gnome, pkexec, policykit-1-gnome (>= 0.105-6), psmisc, python3, python3-dbus, python3-distro, python3-gi, python3-gi-cairo, python3-pampy, python3-pexpect, python3-pil, python3-pyinotify, python3-requests, python3-setproctitle, python3-tinycss2, python3-tz, dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend, libatk-bridge2.0-0 (>= 2.5.3), libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.4), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcairo2 (>= 1.14.0), libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libgirepository-1.0-1 (>= 1.35.9), libgles2, libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.52.0), libgstreamer1.0-0 (>= 1.4.0), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.9.12), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.37.5), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libx11-6, libxapp1 (>= 2.0.0), libxfixes3, libxml2 (>= 2.7.4)
Recommends: blueman, cinnamon-core, cinnamon-l10n (>= 5.6), gnome-terminal, inxi, libcanberra-pulse, libxapp-gtk3-module, metacity-common, xapp-sn-watcher
Suggests: cinnamon-desktop-environment, cinnamon-doc, python3-opencv
Breaks: cinnamon-core (<< 5.4~)
Description: Innovative and comfortable desktop
Description-md5: 85a575fee9af55bc8d39cbd88a551b9d
Homepage: http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com
Tag: interface::graphical, interface::x11, role::program, uitoolkit::gtk
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/cinnamon/cinnamon_5.6.8-1_amd64.deb
Size: 398056
MD5sum: 048157dc0bc952c306ebdd636122b3ac
SHA256: 8c333beff72eb77ef7e1f8684265d8530a9123f7a54d6aa26b5f9e1074f80d4c