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

Last updated: November 22,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "ratpoison" package

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


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall ratpoison 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 ratpoison package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: ratpoison
Source: ratpoison (1.4.9-1)
Version: 1.4.9-1+b1
Installed-Size: 369
Maintainer: Bernhard R. Link
Architecture: amd64
Provides: x-window-manager
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libx11-6, libxft2 (>> 2.1.1), libxrandr2 (>= 2:1.2.99.3), libxtst6
Recommends: 9menu (>= 1.6), menu, rxvt | x-terminal-emulator
Suggests: xbindkeys, xclip
Description: keyboard-only window manager
Description-md5: 372760a7563dbda00db6b1be9b905c40
Homepage: http://www.nongnu.org/ratpoison/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::graphical, interface::x11, role::program,
scope::application, uitoolkit::xlib, x11::application,
x11::window-manager
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/ratpoison/ratpoison_1.4.9-1+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 144892
MD5sum: 826a84ee85c9c1f9a3b466d2f63abd3e
SHA256: 038c9c9db1f0f5e1e968599d8c03505ae25b19bb8f47f9d9e129108657b3c52f