How to Install and Uninstall gnome-shell-common Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: December 23,2024

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

MX Linux 23
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1. Install "gnome-shell-common" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install gnome-shell-common on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "gnome-shell-common" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall gnome-shell-common 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 gnome-shell-common package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: gnome-shell-common
Source: gnome-shell
Version: 43.9-0+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 6941
Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
Architecture: all
Replaces: gnome-shell (<< 3.36.1-6~)
Depends: dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend
Breaks: gnome-shell (<< 3.36.1-6~)
Description: common files for the GNOME graphical shell
Description-md5: 2b326fbe771cf911adfb09b06fd267b5
Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeShell
Tag: role::app-data
Section: gnome
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gnome-shell/gnome-shell-common_43.9-0+deb12u1_all.deb
Size: 798788
MD5sum: 8f00d28026469f56f35e256276e4e8a8
SHA256: 264aefb2bce3328567567453b74076eae1c9d84581d1d5eb58331a0a1ef8f971

Package: gnome-shell-common
Source: gnome-shell
Version: 43.6-1~deb12u2
Installed-Size: 6939
Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
Architecture: all
Replaces: gnome-shell (<< 3.36.1-6~)
Depends: dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend
Breaks: gnome-shell (<< 3.36.1-6~)
Description: common files for the GNOME graphical shell
Description-md5: 2b326fbe771cf911adfb09b06fd267b5
Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeShell
Section: gnome
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/updates/main/g/gnome-shell/gnome-shell-common_43.6-1~deb12u2_all.deb
Size: 797264
SHA256: 4b787137c95cb559e94f9fbc3bdea3e793703ff3a79b932fc4a3d3653e7f7ef4