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

Last updated: February 12,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "swayidle" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install swayidle on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

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

Package: swayidle
Version: 1.8.0-1
Installed-Size: 59
Maintainer: Sway and related packages team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libsystemd0 (>= 237), libwayland-client0 (>= 1.20.0), libwayland-server0 (>= 1.0.2)
Description: Idle management daemon for Wayland
Description-md5: 07de59389d26ee9e8828f6095adfabaa
Homepage: https://github.com/swaywm/swayidle
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/swayidle/swayidle_1.8.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 16824
MD5sum: 7bdaf41b0418e2e07f4a9a3feb4e20e0
SHA256: 0ee270b4910ac083746ac320d6e5cbccde3a6266f482b61dc6edf9f2ccc6db71