How to Install and Uninstall xss-lock Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: September 21,2024

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

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1. Install "xss-lock" package

Please follow the steps below to install xss-lock on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                xss-lock
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "xss-lock" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall xss-lock on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                xss-lock
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the xss-lock package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: xss-lock
Version: 0.3.0+git20230128.0c562b-1
Installed-Size: 59
Maintainer: Ian Campbell
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.35.8), libxcb-screensaver0, libxcb-util1 (>= 0.4.0), libxcb1
Description: invoke external screen lock in response to XScreenSaver events
Description-md5: e33b1aaaa534ae890c20776f2f2b9fc2
Homepage: https://github.com/wavexx/xss-lock
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/x/xss-lock/xss-lock_0.3.0+git20230128.0c562b-1_amd64.deb
Size: 17252
MD5sum: d0791e25e94e914078aced3d90eb35c7
SHA256: 596dd55ef7b90d6b11687e352aeefdc880318248cb1e488c77be949f4cf91f54