How to Install and Uninstall cinnamon Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "cinnamon" package

This is a short guide on how to install cinnamon on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall cinnamon on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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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 cinnamon package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: cinnamon
Version: 4.8.6-2+deb11u1
Installed-Size: 1319
Maintainer: Debian Cinnamon Team
Architecture: amd64
Provides: notification-daemon, x-window-manager
Depends: cinnamon-common (= 4.8.6-2+deb11u1), cinnamon-control-center (>= 4.8), cinnamon-desktop-data (>= 4.8), cinnamon-screensaver (>= 4.8), cinnamon-session (>= 4.8), cinnamon-settings-daemon (>= 4.8), cjs (>= 4.8), cups-pk-helper, dbus, gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0, gir1.2-caribou-1.0, gir1.2-clutter-1.0, gir1.2-cmenu-3.0 (>= 4.8), gir1.2-cogl-1.0, gir1.2-cvc-1.0 (>= 4.8), gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0, gir1.2-gkbd-3.0, gir1.2-glib-2.0, gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0, gir1.2-gtk-3.0, gir1.2-gtkclutter-1.0, gir1.2-keybinder-3.0, gir1.2-nemo-3.0 (>= 4.8), gir1.2-nm-1.0, gir1.2-nma-1.0, gir1.2-notify-0.7, gir1.2-pango-1.0, gir1.2-polkit-1.0, gir1.2-soup-2.4, gir1.2-timezonemap-1.0, gir1.2-upowerglib-1.0, gir1.2-xapp-1.0 (>= 1.9.0), gkbd-capplet, gnome-backgrounds, gnome-themes-extra, gsettings-desktop-schemas (>= 0.1.7), iso-flags-png-320x240, libcinnamon-desktop4 (>= 4.8), libcinnamon-menu-3-0 (>= 4.8.0), libcjs0 (>= 4.8), libglib2.0-bin, libmuffin0 (>= 4.8), mesa-utils, muffin (>= 4.8), nemo (>= 4.8), network-manager-gnome, policykit-1-gnome (>= 0.105-6), python3, python3-dbus, python3-distro, python3-gi, python3-gi-cairo, python3-pampy, python3-pexpect, python3-pil, python3-pyinotify, python3-setproctitle, python3-tinycss2, python3-tz, xapps-common (>= 1.9.0), dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend, libatk-bridge2.0-0 (>= 2.5.3), libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.4), libc6 (>= 2.29), libcairo2 (>= 1.10.0), libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libgirepository-1.0-1 (>= 1.29.15), libgl1, libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.52.0), libgstreamer1.0-0 (>= 1.4.0), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.9.12), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libstartup-notification0 (>= 0.11), libx11-6, libxfixes3 (>= 1:4.0.1), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4)
Recommends: blueman, cinnamon-core, cinnamon-l10n (>= 4.8), gnome-terminal, libcanberra-pulse, metacity-common
Suggests: cinnamon-desktop-environment, cinnamon-doc, python3-opencv
Breaks: cinnamon-core (<< 4.8~)
Description: Innovative and comfortable desktop
Description-md5: 85a575fee9af55bc8d39cbd88a551b9d
Homepage: http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com
Tag: interface::graphical, interface::x11, role::program, uitoolkit::gtk
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/cinnamon/cinnamon_4.8.6-2+deb11u1_amd64.deb
Size: 373800
MD5sum: 6c4b7503e1a35fd516b45a33c8f7ea38
SHA256: 73221c31218e45c39cac484a4ec3b121b4ffa5f94d650786f41fbcfcbb1bf6cc