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

Last updated: January 11,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "playerctl" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install playerctl on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall playerctl on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: playerctl
Version: 2.4.1-2
Installed-Size: 130
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.39.90), libplayerctl2 (>= 2.4.1), dbus
Suggests: audacious, cmus, mopidy, mpd, mpv, quodlibet, rhythmbox-plugins, vlc
Enhances: awesome, i3-wm, xmonad
Description: utility to control media players via MPRIS
Description-md5: 449ab0260e0ec557a8a7ebf2605e3dd9
Homepage: https://github.com/altdesktop/playerctl
Section: sound
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/playerctl/playerctl_2.4.1-2_amd64.deb
Size: 36916
MD5sum: d035e8ca6c5e185282f6570ac5c4aae9
SHA256: 0294ad23e96244c6244c10b785c4bfc068cd9802a933fae5cb7a7de63147d41a