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

Last updated: March 15,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "joystick" package

This tutorial shows how to install joystick on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

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


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

Package: joystick
Version: 1:1.8.1-1
Installed-Size: 211
Maintainer: Stephen Kitt
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libsdl2-2.0-0 (>= 2.0.12)
Recommends: evtest, inputattach
Description: set of testing and calibration tools for joysticks
Description-md5: f24d513c5fda4671698a17c18fa21457
Homepage: https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxconsole/
Tag: admin::configuring, admin::hardware, hardware::input,
hardware::input:joystick, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline,
interface::graphical, interface::x11, role::program, scope::utility,
uitoolkit::sdl, use::checking, use::configuring, use::monitor,
x11::application
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/j/joystick/joystick_1.8.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 53116
MD5sum: a9bea621713320673e6dfed3bea3a200
SHA256: 8e106ffb635734785ed754dc7158ece56135d5d84f24b3d467b9631e31137c2e