How to Install and Uninstall xfce4 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 20,2024

You can also install and uninstall the xfce4 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "xfce4" package

Please follow the guidance below to install xfce4 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                xfce4
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "xfce4" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall xfce4 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 xfce4 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: xfce4
Version: 4.18
Installed-Size: 12
Maintainer: Debian Xfce Maintainers
Architecture: all
Depends: libxfce4ui-utils (>= 4.18.0), thunar (>= 4.18.0), xfce4-appfinder (>= 4.18.0), xfce4-panel (>= 4.18.0), xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin, xfce4-session (>= 4.18.0), xfce4-settings (>= 4.18.0), xfconf (>= 4.18.0), xfdesktop4 (>= 4.18.0), xfwm4 (>= 4.18.0)
Recommends: desktop-base, tango-icon-theme, thunar-volman (>= 4.18.0), xfce4-notifyd, xorg
Suggests: xfce4-goodies, xfce4-power-manager (>= 4.18.0)
Description: Meta-package for the Xfce Lightweight Desktop Environment
Description-md5: c59e6128ce63c4ddc8c403ac8284c19d
Homepage: https://www.xfce.org/
Tag: admin::configuring, interface::graphical, interface::x11, role::dummy,
role::program, scope::utility, suite::xfce, uitoolkit::gtk,
use::configuring, x11::application
Section: xfce
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/x/xfce4/xfce4_4.18_all.deb
Size: 4600
MD5sum: 5c6f9b0761e7a6af874b7df53964fb85
SHA256: f8635ff525c6d87290fb1a794f67928c198e63f7d900f95c66c0c565697624ff