How To Install xorg-server-source on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-server-source on Debian 12.
What is xorg-server-source
xorg-server-source is:
This package provides original Debian (with Debian patches already applied, and autotools files updated) sources for the X.Org (‘Xorg’) X server shipped in a tarball. This enables other projects re-using X server codebase (e.g. VNC servers) to (re-)use officially Debian-supported version of the X xserver for their builds.
Unless you are building a software product using X server sources, you probably want xserver-xorg and/or xserver-xorg-core instead.
There are three methods to install xorg-server-source on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install xorg-server-source Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xorg-server-source using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xorg-server-source
Install xorg-server-source Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xorg-server-source using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xorg-server-source
Install xorg-server-source 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 xorg-server-source using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xorg-server-source
How To Uninstall xorg-server-source on Debian 12
To uninstall only the xorg-server-source package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xorg-server-source
Uninstall xorg-server-source And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xorg-server-source and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xorg-server-source
Remove xorg-server-source Configurations and Data
To remove xorg-server-source configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xorg-server-source
Remove xorg-server-source configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xorg-server-source configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xorg-server-source
Dependencies
xorg-server-source have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-server-source package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
