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

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "xsel" package

This tutorial shows how to install xsel on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall xsel on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


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

Package: xsel
Version: 1.2.0+git9bfc13d.20180109-3
Installed-Size: 59
Maintainer: Josue Ortega
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libx11-6
Description: command-line tool to access X clipboard and selection buffers
Description-md5: 1b3da90ee371818f1298d56f0ca8017a
Homepage: http://www.vergenet.net/~conrad/software/xsel/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, interface::graphical,
interface::x11, role::program, scope::utility, use::viewing,
works-with::text, x11::application
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/x/xsel/xsel_1.2.0+git9bfc13d.20180109-3_amd64.deb
Size: 20900
MD5sum: b59120cec56bad30d2f6e2c79ea4d659
SHA256: 8093c77dd0118d52d0055fdc744f467a657afb020d2dd405e3f9f09bdaf049e3