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

Last updated: March 15,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "trackballs" package

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


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall trackballs 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 trackballs package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: trackballs
Version: 1.3.4-1
Installed-Size: 596
Maintainer: Debian Games Team
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: trackballs-data (<< 1.2.3-3)
Depends: trackballs-data, guile-3.0-libs, libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libgl1, libsdl2-2.0-0 (>= 2.0.12), libsdl2-image-2.0-0 (>= 2.0.5), libsdl2-mixer-2.0-0 (>= 2.6.0), libsdl2-ttf-2.0-0 (>= 2.0.15), libstdc++6 (>= 11), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Breaks: trackballs-data (<< 1.2.3-3)
Description: OpenGL-based game of steering a marble through a labyrinth
Description-md5: d244063fa4561afa26e2ea49fc1c05e0
Homepage: https://trackballs.github.io/
Tag: interface::graphical, interface::x11, role::program, uitoolkit::sdl,
x11::application
Section: games
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/t/trackballs/trackballs_1.3.4-1_amd64.deb
Size: 226816
MD5sum: 138a5c03a52de09ea0483996735aee61
SHA256: 3db1986634ca905f04b030d69aaf6b50a99ea98633208f9654b976253a4ef52d