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

Last updated: May 15,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "xsel" package

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


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

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


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