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

Last updated: January 09,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "xprintidle" package

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


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall xprintidle 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 xprintidle package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: xprintidle
Version: 0.2.5-2
Installed-Size: 30
Maintainer: Petter Reinholdtsen
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libx11-6, libxext6, libxss1
Description: Small utility that prints user's idle time in X
Description-md5: 4afdf1ba83e348f72f3d794a11dd89ea
Homepage: https://github.com/g0hl1n/xprintidle/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, use::measuring
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/x/xprintidle/xprintidle_0.2.5-2_amd64.deb
Size: 7000
MD5sum: 1918d1c6ec40a259f20656dcb3a9ecc2
SHA256: b07a9049996141d97c92b7cdd55ccce2d317134fa271b197fe4eb64c4b58e107