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

Last updated: December 28,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "nitrogen" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install nitrogen on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Learn how to uninstall nitrogen 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 nitrogen package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: nitrogen
Source: nitrogen (1.6.1-2)
Version: 1.6.1-2+b2
Installed-Size: 536
Maintainer: Stefan Schörghofer
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libatkmm-1.6-1v5 (>= 2.24.0), libc6 (>= 2.15), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libglibmm-2.4-1v5 (>= 2.64.2), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.24.0), libgtkmm-2.4-1v5 (>= 1:2.24.0), libpangomm-1.4-1v5 (>= 2.42.0), libsigc++-2.0-0v5 (>= 2.8.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libx11-6, libxinerama1
Description: wallpaper browser and changing utility for X
Description-md5: dfb4721faa07fe523b31acbc55241be1
Homepage: http://projects.l3ib.org/nitrogen/
Tag: implemented-in::c++, interface::graphical, interface::x11,
role::program, scope::utility, uitoolkit::gtk, x11::application
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/nitrogen/nitrogen_1.6.1-2+b2_amd64.deb
Size: 177748
MD5sum: 967ca063aa06bf29ce3e942413e91e80
SHA256: 82d5fa260ca5dc73ae4454f08c33241e456725683355414a62233fe2a1763307