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

Last updated: January 23,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "polybar" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install polybar on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall polybar 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 polybar package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: polybar
Version: 3.6.3-1
Installed-Size: 2671
Maintainer: Samuel Henrique
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libc6 (>= 2.33), libcairo2 (>= 1.10.0), libcurl4 (>= 7.16.2), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12.6), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libjsoncpp25 (>= 1.9.5), libmpdclient2 (>= 2.0), libnl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnl-genl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libpulse0 (>= 0.99.1), libstdc++6 (>= 11), libuv1 (>= 1.4.2), libxcb-composite0, libxcb-cursor0 (>= 0.0.99), libxcb-ewmh2 (>= 0.4.1), libxcb-icccm4 (>= 0.4.1), libxcb-randr0 (>= 1.12), libxcb-xkb1, libxcb-xrm0 (>= 0.0.0), libxcb1 (>= 1.9.2)
Description: Fast and easy-to-use tool for creating status bars
Description-md5: 2a85b43cba75ccbc6ed491ffeb49d805
Homepage: https://polybar.github.io/
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/polybar/polybar_3.6.3-1_amd64.deb
Size: 692124
MD5sum: 27682352c04892201c346ea68bd85e6a
SHA256: 05f3fa54b104f14330aa295f362599c65acdfc4d2e3b14fd6db0f002e9218bf7