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

Last updated: December 23,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "gamemode" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install gamemode on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall gamemode 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 gamemode package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: gamemode
Source: gamemode (1.7-2)
Version: 1.7-2+b1
Installed-Size: 48
Maintainer: Debian Games Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), gamemode-daemon, libgamemode0, libgamemodeauto0
Recommends: libgamemode0:i386, libgamemodeauto0:i386
Suggests: gnome-shell-extension-gamemode
Description: Optimise Linux system performance on demand
Description-md5: 1b71909bcf1af74aa9dbd9253b8b1eac
Multi-Arch: allowed
Homepage: https://github.com/FeralInteractive/gamemode
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gamemode/gamemode_1.7-2+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 18944
MD5sum: bed74eb0268a7fd9477ca9168d444dab
SHA256: 0b59013ff9a1b97fc383f2d5d2334d068e2e463596e9e810a60488865a5987e3