How to Install and Uninstall xsel Package on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "xsel" package

Please follow the instructions below to install xsel on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall xsel on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia):


    
        
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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 Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)

Package: xsel
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2.0+git9bfc13d.20180109-3
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Josue Ortega
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 59
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libx11-6
Filename: pool/universe/x/xsel/xsel_1.2.0+git9bfc13d.20180109-3_amd64.deb
Size: 20460
MD5sum: d8f0616253bbd17a0a4b7ff28299ce81
SHA1: 0d6dbd4e725bd2a5ac625032048fc0c309c56c4a
SHA256: 9b4b7758933d2ed9c8d98008abe73e0d264d1c2e80dcfd7692958bb7291002a5
SHA512: 986c08f80a9a838dc1b086af8562cb8b8ba23b4e639f137de8adb97becc27dc7e37fbb7863298725f0a803439327584b84b7239173bb744c8370566bf35e2a25
Homepage: http://www.vergenet.net/~conrad/software/xsel/
Description: command-line tool to access X clipboard and selection buffers
Description-md5: 1b3da90ee371818f1298d56f0ca8017a