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

Last updated: April 29,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "swaybg" package

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


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

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

Package: swaybg
Version: 1.2.0-1
Installed-Size: 57
Maintainer: Sway and related packages team
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: sway (<< 1.1~rc1)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 2.31.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libwayland-client0 (>= 1.20.0)
Breaks: sway (<< 1.1~rc1)
Description: Wallpaper utility for Wayland compositors
Description-md5: 25b19f81e09d545d58f4076e4d5e8778
Homepage: https://github.com/swaywm/swaybg
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/swaybg/swaybg_1.2.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 15044
MD5sum: a088d89b56373effb72b7602eb511022
SHA256: 08d6ba913baaa4aec1690ef7113134b787418ffecdf595f63eddbc43ea27a17f