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

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "xsel" package

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

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install xsel

2. Uninstall "xsel" package

Learn how to uninstall xsel on Debian 12 (Bookworm):

$ sudo apt remove xsel $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the xsel package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: xsel
Version: 1.2.0+git9bfc13d.20180109-4
Installed-Size: 55
Maintainer: Josue Ortega
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libx11-6
Description: command-line tool to access X clipboard and selection buffers
Description-md5: 1b3da90ee371818f1298d56f0ca8017a
Homepage: http://www.vergenet.net/~conrad/software/xsel/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, interface::graphical,
interface::x11, role::program, scope::utility, use::viewing,
works-with::text, x11::application
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/x/xsel/xsel_1.2.0+git9bfc13d.20180109-4_amd64.deb
Size: 19668
MD5sum: 7150fd30da2e87cdb226e347c3919ea2
SHA256: 5261574c6bc0aa00dff16bca779896483f681bf20cba5b7944c39a79eadb82cf