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

Last updated: January 23,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "gamescope" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "gamescope" package

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


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

Package: gamescope
Version: 3.11.49-1
Installed-Size: 831
Maintainer: Debian Games Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.112), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libliftoff0 (>= 0.3.0), libpipewire-0.3-0 (>= 0.3.1), libsdl2-2.0-0 (>= 2.0.12), libstdc++6 (>= 12), libvulkan1 (>= 1.2.131.2), libwayland-server0 (>= 1.14.91), libwlroots10 (>= 0.15.0), libx11-6, libxcomposite1 (>= 1:0.4.5), libxdamage1 (>= 1:1.1), libxext6, libxfixes3 (>= 1:5.0), libxkbcommon0 (>= 1.0.0), libxrender1, libxres1 (>= 2:1.2.1), libxtst6, libxxf86vm1, xwayland
Suggests: libcap2-bin
Description: Micro-compositor for game scaling
Description-md5: 6111e2509fd84e122c22f72219401268
Homepage: https://github.com/Plagman/gamescope
Tag: uitoolkit::sdl
Section: games
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gamescope/gamescope_3.11.49-1_amd64.deb
Size: 256228
MD5sum: c544fda0957e808466338598ff5f409e
SHA256: a07d579aefadbd5c6828c33a21b21159e06c405f410efbfd9a60606b482ad5d0