How To Install lxsession on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxsession on Debian 9.
What is lxsession
lxsession is:
LXSession is the default session manager for the Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE).
It is derived from XSM, has fewer dependencies and more features. It is desktop-independent and can be used with any window manager.
There are three methods to install lxsession on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install lxsession Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lxsession using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lxsession
Install lxsession Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lxsession using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lxsession
Install lxsession Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install lxsession using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lxsession
How To Uninstall lxsession on Debian 9
To uninstall only the lxsession package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lxsession
Uninstall lxsession And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lxsession and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lxsession
Remove lxsession Configurations and Data
To remove lxsession configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lxsession
Remove lxsession configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lxsession configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lxsession
Dependencies
lxsession have the following dependencies:
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk2.0-0
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libpangoft2-1.0-0
- libunique-1.0-0
- libx11-6
- lsb-release
- laptop-detect
- lxpolkit
- lxsession-data
- lxsession-logout
- consolekit
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxsession package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
