How to Install and Uninstall xsel Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "xsel" package

Please follow the steps below to install xsel on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

Learn how to uninstall xsel on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: xsel
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2.0-4
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Josue Ortega
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 46
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.11), libx11-6
Filename: pool/universe/x/xsel/xsel_1.2.0-4_amd64.deb
Size: 19040
MD5sum: 7e05b60b2822106190a46427ca85f4d1
SHA1: 3b7372485ba76a8f338f6094847810020037f887
SHA256: 66199afe5863cf814be7b08dd62b5f5cae07937249fe45a1fe7c40e7f745c7f0
Homepage: http://www.vergenet.net/~conrad/software/xsel/
Description: command-line tool to access X clipboard and selection buffers
Description-md5: 1b3da90ee371818f1298d56f0ca8017a