How to Install and Uninstall xdg-utils Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 02,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "xdg-utils" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install xdg-utils on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "xdg-utils" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall xdg-utils on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: xdg-utils
Version: 1.1.3-4.1
Installed-Size: 329
Maintainer: Debian freedesktop.org maintainers
Architecture: all
Recommends: libfile-mimeinfo-perl, libnet-dbus-perl, libx11-protocol-perl, x11-utils, x11-xserver-utils
Description: desktop integration utilities from freedesktop.org
Description-md5: 10d9a624c77afc2a42aad2c3dae95f8b
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xdg-utils/
Tag: devel::runtime, implemented-in::shell, interface::commandline,
role::program, scope::utility
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/x/xdg-utils/xdg-utils_1.1.3-4.1_all.deb
Size: 75496
MD5sum: 641eec1cbdf4855309cbcf7e073f5a81
SHA256: 0e31caa8c34643f7eedb4d373ee61943c09061275b5fa727524fc568d0a9e332