How to Install and Uninstall libxext6 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 11,2025

You can also install and uninstall the libxext6 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 "libxext6" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libxext6 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libxext6" package

Learn how to uninstall libxext6 on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libxext6
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libxext6 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libxext6
Source: libxext (2:1.3.4-1)
Version: 2:1.3.4-1+b1
Installed-Size: 132
Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libx11-6 (>= 2:1.6.0)
Description: X11 miscellaneous extension library
Description-md5: 5c72cf7a13b0990666898813406a2a89
Multi-Arch: same
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libx/libxext/libxext6_1.3.4-1+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 52932
MD5sum: 73b96dd0229e3dc10ff7409521fb0761
SHA256: 504b7be9d7df4f6f4519e8dd4d6f9d03a9fb911a78530fa23a692fba3058cba6