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

Last updated: March 15,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "fbset" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install fbset on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

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

Package: fbset
Version: 2.1-33
Installed-Size: 315
Maintainer: Sudip Mukherjee
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), udev | makedev (>= 2.3.1-24)
Description: framebuffer device maintenance program
Description-md5: 7997084a9c5398cd30090426f11200a0
Homepage: http://users.telenet.be/geertu/Linux/fbdev/
Tag: admin::configuring, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline,
interface::framebuffer, role::program, scope::utility, use::configuring
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/fbset/fbset_2.1-33_amd64.deb
Size: 122420
MD5sum: f6834935e682891715028695ab12eac3
SHA256: 4a09eb0efc4b798c64c4559eb41fcce43389c0793f981de04ced04c994692e4e