How to Install and Uninstall desktop-file-utils Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 17,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "desktop-file-utils" package

Please follow the guidance below to install desktop-file-utils on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "desktop-file-utils" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall desktop-file-utils 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 desktop-file-utils package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: desktop-file-utils
Version: 0.26-1
Installed-Size: 285
Maintainer: Debian freedesktop.org maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.49.3)
Description: Utilities for .desktop files
Description-md5: b235afbde001f33936d80b8419f367f5
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/desktop-file-utils
Tag: admin::configuring, interface::commandline, interface::graphical,
interface::x11, role::program, scope::utility, suite::gnome,
uitoolkit::gtk, use::checking, use::configuring, x11::application
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/desktop-file-utils/desktop-file-utils_0.26-1_amd64.deb
Size: 91200
MD5sum: d43676e0f07438cea33bc6567fdc0039
SHA256: 84f9417de2e1e4a4eeefa3cd819320a7aacc926445e9b731f4a6262ab4d69745