How to Install and Uninstall xserver-xorg-core Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 17,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "xserver-xorg-core" package

This guide let you learn how to install xserver-xorg-core on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "xserver-xorg-core" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall xserver-xorg-core 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 xserver-xorg-core package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: xserver-xorg-core
Source: xorg-server
Version: 2:21.1.7-3+deb12u5
Installed-Size: 6116
Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: xserver-xorg (<< 1:7.7+10~), xserver-xorg-video-modesetting
Provides: xorg-input-abi-24, xorg-video-abi-25, xserver-xorg-video-modesetting
Depends: xserver-common (>= 2:21.1.7-3+deb12u5), keyboard-configuration, udev (>= 149), libegl1, libaudit1 (>= 1:2.2.1), libbsd0 (>= 0.7.0), libc6 (>= 2.35), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.66), libepoxy0 (>= 1.5.4), libgbm1 (>= 17.1.0~rc2), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.10.0), libgl1, libpciaccess0 (>= 0.12.902), libpixman-1-0 (>= 0.30.0), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~), libsystemd0, libudev1 (>= 183), libunwind8, libxau6 (>= 1:1.0.9), libxcvt0 (>= 0.1.0), libxdmcp6, libxfont2 (>= 1:2.0.1), libxshmfence1
Recommends: libgl1-mesa-dri (>= 7.10.2-4), default-logind | logind, xcvt
Suggests: xfonts-100dpi | xfonts-75dpi, xfonts-scalable
Conflicts: xserver-xorg-input-evtouch, xserver-xorg-video-modesetting
Breaks: libgl1-mesa-dri (<< 18.0.5), systemd (<< 226-4~), xserver-xorg (<< 1:7.7+10~)
Description: Xorg X server - core server
Description-md5: 018a15965c91ba9a09e0652c1c0fb9ac
Homepage: https://www.x.org/
Tag: hardware::input, hardware::video, implemented-in::c, interface::daemon,
interface::graphical, interface::x11, network::server, role::program,
uitoolkit::xlib, use::driver, x11::application, x11::xserver
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/x/xorg-server/xserver-xorg-core_21.1.7-3+deb12u5_amd64.deb
Size: 3719268
MD5sum: 81483a9e2fd25b569e8f231af728362d
SHA256: 411c44ade936f18d700abd73c1d5aa809ddf4ba0223dacdee1f5157212b8efcc