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

Last updated: May 19,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "xfce4-session" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install xfce4-session on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "xfce4-session" package

Learn how to uninstall xfce4-session 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-session package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: xfce4-session
Version: 4.18.1-1
Installed-Size: 1787
Maintainer: Debian Xfce Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: xfce4-utils
Provides: x-session-manager
Depends: xfce4-settings, xfconf, x11-xserver-utils, libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.4), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcairo-gobject2 (>= 1.10.0), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.55.2), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.21.5), libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.101), libsm6, libwnck-3-0 (>= 2.91.6), libx11-6, libxfce4ui-2-0 (>= 4.18.2), libxfce4util7 (>= 4.15.3), libxfconf-0-3 (>= 4.6.0)
Recommends: default-dbus-session-bus | dbus-session-bus, default-logind | logind, light-locker | xfce4-screensaver | xscreensaver | gnome-screensaver | mate-screensaver, systemd-sysv, upower, xfdesktop4, xfwm4
Suggests: fortune-mod, sudo
Breaks: xfce4-utils
Description: Xfce4 Session Manager
Description-md5: b3396e8338ba6ce2ade29815969a2fd4
Homepage: https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-session/start
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::daemon, interface::graphical,
interface::x11, role::program, suite::xfce, uitoolkit::gtk,
x11::application
Section: xfce
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/x/xfce4-session/xfce4-session_4.18.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 334748
MD5sum: 1d9a775ae9e3665365b72cf8244a8f93
SHA256: b3c5a2cddb1583a71439a4c2d6b00eeb339ac48b7e5a2eb8bb65cb442dab5d10