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

Last updated: April 28,2024

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

MX Linux 23
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1. Install "xterm" package

Learn how to install xterm on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

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


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

Package: xterm
Version: 379-1
Installed-Size: 2456
Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Architecture: amd64
Provides: x-terminal-emulator
Depends: xbitmaps, libc6 (>= 2.34), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12.6), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), libtinfo6 (>= 6), libutempter0 (>= 1.1.5), libx11-6, libxaw7 (>= 2:1.0.14), libxext6, libxft2 (>> 2.1.1), libxinerama1 (>= 2:1.1.4), libxmu6 (>= 2:1.1.3), libxpm4, libxt6
Recommends: luit | x11-utils (<< 7.7+6~)
Suggests: xfonts-cyrillic
Description: X terminal emulator
Description-md5: 964ff106395a61e65ddd87f3f34da00d
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.html
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::graphical, interface::x11, role::program,
scope::utility, uitoolkit::athena, use::TODO, x11::application,
x11::terminal
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/x/xterm/xterm_379-1_amd64.deb
Size: 840364
MD5sum: 4853e033a6e9d3a582ed02d59a42302b
SHA256: c00c23772269c206d180b1a897c0fd9a8b9ea5103923829dc7eeb0d66d7f461e