How to Install and Uninstall rxvt-unicode Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 11,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "rxvt-unicode" package

Learn how to install rxvt-unicode on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "rxvt-unicode" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall rxvt-unicode 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 rxvt-unicode package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: rxvt-unicode
Source: rxvt-unicode (9.30-2)
Version: 9.30-2+b4
Installed-Size: 3381
Maintainer: Ryan Kavanagh
Architecture: amd64
Provides: x-terminal-emulator
Depends: base-passwd (>= 2.0.3.4), ncurses-base (>= 6.1+20180210-4) | ncurses-term (>= 5.8-1), libc6 (>= 2.34), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12.6), libgcc-s1 (>= 4.2), libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libperl5.36 (>= 5.36.0), libptytty0 (>= 2.0), libstartup-notification0 (>= 0.2), libx11-6, libxft2 (>> 2.1.1), libxmu6 (>= 2:1.1.3), libxrender1
Recommends: fonts-dejavu, fonts-vlgothic | fonts-japanese-gothic
Suggests: sensible-utils
Description: RXVT-like terminal emulator with Unicode and 256-color support
Description-md5: f01b478fbcb40979e88f622b717b03e0
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode.html
Tag: devel::lang:perl, devel::library, implemented-in::c,
implemented-in::c++, implemented-in::perl, interface::graphical,
interface::x11, role::devel-lib, role::program, scope::utility,
uitoolkit::xlib, works-with::text, works-with::unicode,
x11::application, x11::terminal
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/rxvt-unicode/rxvt-unicode_9.30-2+b4_amd64.deb
Size: 790268
MD5sum: f15bf189291f908d702afd977511c48b
SHA256: 49009997f88531f1635a681acab88fdca8264e1a0b55aede31967af350114334