How to Install and Uninstall xfdesktop4 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 26,2024

1. Install "xfdesktop4" package

Please follow the guidance below to install xfdesktop4 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install xfdesktop4

2. Uninstall "xfdesktop4" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall xfdesktop4 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove xfdesktop4 $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the xfdesktop4 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: xfdesktop4
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Installed-Size: 527
Maintainer: Xubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Xfce Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.12.3-2ubuntu1
Replaces: xfdesktop4-data (<< 4.5.92)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libcairo2 (>= 1.6.0), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libdbus-glib-1-2 (>= 0.78), libexo-1-0 (>= 0.5.0), libgarcon-1-0 (>= 0.1.2), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.24.0), libnotify4 (>= 0.7.0), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.20.0), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libthunarx-2-0 (>= 1.1.0), libwnck22 (>= 1:2.22), libx11-6, libxfce4ui-1-0 (>= 4.11.1), libxfce4util7 (>= 4.9.0), libxfconf-0-2 (>= 4.6.0), xfdesktop4-data (= 4.12.3-2ubuntu1), exo-utils
Recommends: dbus-x11, librsvg2-common, xdg-user-dirs, tumbler
Suggests: menu
Filename: pool/universe/x/xfdesktop4/xfdesktop4_4.12.3-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 142554
MD5sum: dcd13a226c5bbad55af8e8879314f07d
SHA1: 05ec5e194c6fcf5ea326aaf089066eeb00489448
SHA256: f7fedc8f1b7a2a674c17e5ef69830360b7c8ce3402f958380f2bfccc21f04505
Description-en: xfce desktop background, icons and root menu manager
xfdesktop4 sets the background image, provides a right-click menu to
launch applications and can optionally show files (including application
launchers) or iconified windows. It includes gradient support for
background color, saturation support for background image, real multiscreen
and xinerama support.
Description-md5: 239d2f7b4e0517ef10b41d286b8002e8
Homepage: http://www.xfce.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 3y
Task: xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop