How to Install and Uninstall idesk Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "idesk" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install idesk on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall idesk on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                idesk
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the idesk package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: idesk
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Installed-Size: 298
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.7.5-6
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libimlib2 (>= 1.4.5), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libx11-6, libxft2 (>> 2.1.1)
Suggests: x11-utils
Filename: pool/universe/i/idesk/idesk_0.7.5-6_amd64.deb
Size: 96806
MD5sum: 0df9be4a0c3450e432abe05017e70abd
SHA1: aa465eace3e6b39eec41d39fe65f02169d6f5f10
SHA256: 13796ae33ef9fc0881ff2999499a7345192cab3a074d1df10f3f5a2dac3bde36
Description-en: program to show icons on the desktop
Idesk displays icons with a short description on the desktop and gives
shortcuts to launch any X app.
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The icons can be resized, use tooltip and has transparency with other
nice image effects. It can use many images types formats how PNG, JPG,
GIF, XPM, etc. Idesk also allows the binding of different actions to
every mouse button.
Description-md5: 83a0b8afe86a69e05e8521e50b6d585b
Homepage: http://sourceforge.net/projects/idesk/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu