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

Last updated: February 03,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "xscreensaver" package

This is a short guide on how to install xscreensaver on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "xscreensaver" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall xscreensaver 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 xscreensaver package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: xscreensaver
Version: 6.06+dfsg1-3
Installed-Size: 1731
Maintainer: Tormod Volden
Architecture: amd64
Depends: xscreensaver-data, init-system-helpers (>= 1.52), libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.4), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcrypt1 (>= 1:4.1.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.49.3), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.16.2), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libsystemd0 (>= 243), libx11-6 (>= 2:1.2.99.901), libxext6, libxft2 (>> 2.1.1), libxi6 (>= 2:1.2.99.4), libxinerama1 (>= 2:1.1.4), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), libxrandr2 (>= 2:1.2.99.2), libxt6, libxxf86vm1
Recommends: libjpeg-turbo-progs, miscfiles | wordlist, perl, fonts-urw-base35 | xfonts-100dpi
Suggests: fortune, gdm3 | kdm-gdmcompat, qcam | streamer, www-browser, xdaliclock, xfishtank, xscreensaver-data-extra, xscreensaver-gl, xscreensaver-gl-extra
Description: Screensaver daemon and frontend for X11
Description-md5: f28418049591dc7ea8833c590fe2406a
Homepage: https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/
Tag: interface::graphical, interface::x11, role::program, scope::application,
uitoolkit::gtk, x11::application, x11::screensaver
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/x/xscreensaver/xscreensaver_6.06+dfsg1-3_amd64.deb
Size: 439436
MD5sum: 6e9e07ed2ce90e02298a28fe97422a1f
SHA256: 418a3b8c4f712340a43c3e3dbbfdcde644a9c99cdb4afec29b8b7f021522f30d