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

Last updated: May 13,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "matchbox" package

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


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall matchbox 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 matchbox package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: matchbox
Version: 1:7
Installed-Size: 9
Maintainer: Moray Allan
Architecture: all
Depends: matchbox-common, matchbox-window-manager, matchbox-desktop, matchbox-panel, matchbox-panel-manager, matchbox-keyboard
Suggests: fonts-dejavu
Description: base X environment for resource-limited systems
Description-md5: 67e51e72694fd308dc4b634ece6a6fde
Tag: hardware::embedded, interface::graphical, interface::x11, role::dummy,
role::metapackage, role::program, uitoolkit::gtk, x11::xserver
Section: embedded
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/matchbox/matchbox_7_all.deb
Size: 3128
MD5sum: 10f6f95bf128ab5331ff09c9e2907b3d
SHA256: 8df385b6194375d83c724de22e584f2cc51e6f75c184917ec8fbe197dff860c1