How To Install lxde on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxde on Debian 11.
What is lxde
lxde is:
The Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE) is a project aimed to provide a desktop environment which is lightweight and fast.
This package is a metapackage depends on the core components and recommended components of the LXDE. It includes lxde-core, lxappearance, lxinput, lxsession-edit, gpicview, lxterminal, lxrandr, galculator, mousepad and xarchiver.
If you just want to pick and choose the LXDE components then feel free to remove this package.
There are three methods to install lxde on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install lxde Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lxde using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lxde
Install lxde Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lxde using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lxde
Install lxde 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 lxde using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lxde
How To Uninstall lxde on Debian 11
To uninstall only the lxde package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lxde
Uninstall lxde And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lxde and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lxde
Remove lxde Configurations and Data
To remove lxde configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lxde
Remove lxde configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lxde configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lxde
Dependencies
lxde have the following dependencies:
- galculator
- gpicview
- mousepad
- lxappearance
- lxappearance-obconf
- lxde-core
- lxde-icon-theme
- lxhotkey-gtk
- lxinput
- lxrandr
- lxsession-edit
- lxterminal
- xarchiver
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxde package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
