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

Last updated: November 26,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "unclutter" package

This tutorial shows how to install unclutter on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall unclutter on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                unclutter
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the unclutter package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: unclutter
Version: 8-25
Installed-Size: 45
Maintainer: Axel Beckert
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libx11-6
Recommends: unclutter-startup
Description: hides the mouse cursor in X after a period of inactivity
Description-md5: 36c3c874461f81c17f342795f48a80bb
Homepage: https://web.archive.org/web/20151129214845/http://ftp.x.org/contrib/utilities/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, interface::graphical,
interface::x11, role::program, scope::utility, uitoolkit::xlib,
x11::application
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/u/unclutter/unclutter_8-25_amd64.deb
Size: 16012
MD5sum: 8a28755c441fbebb62443d97ed372994
SHA256: a897f837b77c026c60a246bb4c44bf3f0cc162d6b67b45c855069dfa64d80dda