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

Last updated: May 14,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "numlockx" package

This is a short guide on how to install numlockx on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall numlockx on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: numlockx
Version: 1.2-9
Installed-Size: 40
Maintainer: Andreas Metzler
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libx11-6, libxtst6
Suggests: x-display-manager
Enhances: gdm, kdm, wdm, xdm
Description: enable NumLock in X11 sessions
Description-md5: 443457451ab961060ec30ab3c8455978
Tag: implemented-in::c++, interface::commandline, interface::graphical,
interface::text-mode, interface::x11, role::program, scope::utility,
uitoolkit::xlib, x11::application
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/numlockx/numlockx_1.2-9_amd64.deb
Size: 11380
MD5sum: 6534b5cf8ab2c4a951489e611ca52063
SHA256: 6ec0b0168f595a796a02727b131a32c2899a5b55dbfb8fc480ae3f682a720c0d