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

Last updated: May 16,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "gpm" package

Please follow the instructions below to install gpm on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall gpm on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: gpm
Source: gpm (1.20.7-10)
Version: 1.20.7-10+b1
Installed-Size: 521
Maintainer: Axel Beckert
Architecture: amd64
Depends: lsb-base (>= 3.2-13), ucf, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.34), libgpm2 (>= 1.20.7)
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Description: General Purpose Mouse interface
Description-md5: f4d37ad222a8606e714a0eb799261d0d
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://nico.schottelius.org/software/gpm/
Tag: hardware::input, hardware::input:mouse, implemented-in::c,
interface::daemon, interface::text-mode, network::server, role::program
Section: misc
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gpm/gpm_1.20.7-10+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 178704
MD5sum: b4323addd398ff9b0fa1cb299f0b7a23
SHA256: 73ae58bf46309e9d5f032d2ed6778444362f3b3206f7386becca4b4c41471b22