How to Install and Uninstall suckless-tools Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 24,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "suckless-tools" package

This tutorial shows how to install suckless-tools on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "suckless-tools" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall suckless-tools 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 suckless-tools package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: suckless-tools
Version: 47-1
Installed-Size: 312
Maintainer: Ilias Tsitsimpis
Architecture: amd64
Provides: dmenu, lsw, slock, sprop, sselp, ssid, tabbed, wmname, xssstate
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12.6), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libx11-6, libxft2 (>> 2.1.1), libxinerama1 (>= 2:1.1.4), libxrandr2, libxss1, libcap2-bin
Suggests: dwm, stterm, surf
Description: simple commands for minimalistic window managers
Description-md5: e11fd78969b1085b419db24deb5ec04c
Homepage: https://www.suckless.org
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, interface::graphical,
interface::x11, role::program, scope::application, uitoolkit::xlib,
x11::TODO, x11::application, x11::screensaver
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/suckless-tools/suckless-tools_47-1_amd64.deb
Size: 50064
MD5sum: 6eb6999de51ea1ddd8f751ed8ceae119
SHA256: 8db483822d4c000bb103444003ef7e1092d9b6438a7bd11eef67a41368ed3d70