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

Last updated: January 24,2025

1. Install "numlockx" package

Please follow the instructions below to install numlockx on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall numlockx on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                numlockx
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the numlockx package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: numlockx
Version: 1.2-8
Installed-Size: 39
Maintainer: Andreas Metzler
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libx11-6, libxext6, libxtst6
Suggests: x-display-manager
Enhances: gdm, kdm, wdm, xdm
Description: enable NumLock in X11 sessions
Description-md5: 443457451ab961060ec30ab3c8455978
Tag: implemented-in::c++, interface::commandline, interface::graphical,
interface::text-mode, interface::x11, role::program, scope::utility,
uitoolkit::xlib, x11::application
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/numlockx/numlockx_1.2-8_amd64.deb
Size: 11100
MD5sum: bd3c863a53ad3866677bc526c641feca
SHA256: 9cb9f38bc7eba170fcee97ec2e887fc258c2a16d8304dbf9fc6d73f535e2726c