How To Install xprintidle on Debian 10

Learn how to install xprintidle on Debian 10 with this tutorial. xprintidle is Small utility that prints users idle time in X

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xprintidle on Debian 10.

What is xprintidle

xprintidle is:

xprintidle is a utility that queries the X server for the user’s idle time and prints it to stdout (in milliseconds).

There are three methods to install xprintidle on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install xprintidle Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install xprintidle using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install xprintidle

Install xprintidle Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install xprintidle using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install xprintidle

Install xprintidle 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 xprintidle using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xprintidle

How To Uninstall xprintidle on Debian 10

To uninstall only the xprintidle package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove xprintidle

Uninstall xprintidle And Its Dependencies

To uninstall xprintidle and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xprintidle

Remove xprintidle Configurations and Data

To remove xprintidle configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge xprintidle

Remove xprintidle configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove xprintidle configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xprintidle

Dependencies

xprintidle have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xprintidle package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.