How to Install and Uninstall xfce4-session Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 08,2024

1. Install "xfce4-session" package

Please follow the guidance below to install xfce4-session on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install xfce4-session

2. Uninstall "xfce4-session" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall xfce4-session on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):

$ sudo apt remove xfce4-session $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the xfce4-session package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: xfce4-session
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.14.2-0ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Xubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Xfce Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1673
Provides: x-session-manager
Depends: xfce4-settings (>= 4.10.0), xfconf, libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.4), libc6 (>= 2.4), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.19.12), libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.101), libsm6, libwnck-3-0 (>= 2.91.6), libx11-6, libxfce4ui-2-0 (>= 4.11.0), libxfce4util7 (>= 4.9.0), libxfconf-0-3 (>= 4.6.0)
Recommends: dbus-x11, libpam-systemd, light-locker | xfce4-screensaver | xscreensaver, systemd-sysv | systemd-shim, upower, x11-xserver-utils, xfdesktop4, xfwm4
Suggests: fortunes-mod, sudo
Breaks: xfce4-utils
Replaces: xfce4-utils
Filename: pool/universe/x/xfce4-session/xfce4-session_4.14.2-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 303824
MD5sum: 0677f36c688c5db9c6e81b39d4e443f0
SHA1: ccf11b363f66fb2e423c87ce042221e578dcddd4
SHA256: 42eaa05f7d23d8ac4f9ab7518a487ca4bec40fccb7a99dc5bf3e134618c4812e
SHA512: c1f326a542feea90a991da47b9309129601bc8ba50d12a8f9776bba93d97997ec060977cffbe84184a1c706845ed63fe0902c390807d703356c0ef7a78927ca3
Homepage: https://www.xfce.org/
Description-en: Xfce4 Session Manager
xfce4-session is an X11-compliant "session manager" designed for use with
the Xfce4 Desktop Environment. On log out, the session manager saves the
state of all your running applications. When you log back in, the session
manager restores the same applications with the same window positions.
Description-md5: b3396e8338ba6ce2ade29815969a2fd4
Task: xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop