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

Last updated: May 11,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "xbindkeys" package

This guide let you learn how to install xbindkeys on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Learn how to uninstall xbindkeys on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: xbindkeys
Version: 1.8.7-2
Installed-Size: 113
Maintainer: Joerg Jaspert
Architecture: amd64
Depends: guile-3.0-libs, libc6 (>= 2.34), libx11-6
Suggests: wish, xbindkeys-config
Description: Associate a combination of keys or mouse buttons with a shell command
Description-md5: 235a684b27d5f0dc5c32177094854d66
Homepage: https://www.nongnu.org/xbindkeys/
Tag: hardware::input, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline,
interface::daemon, interface::graphical, interface::x11, role::program,
scope::utility, uitoolkit::xlib, use::configuring, x11::application
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/x/xbindkeys/xbindkeys_1.8.7-2_amd64.deb
Size: 37492
MD5sum: a1a8f436e7c23188d36cdc12881deda7
SHA256: 5b30ba7ae3f4c6c11fa216664f5f0588b34341c8ac1c6e31a862c045869e0dae