How To Install libxss1 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxss1 on Debian 10.
What is libxss1
libxss1 is:
libXss provides an X Window System client interface to the MIT-SCREEN-SAVER extension to the X protocol.
The Screen Saver extension allows clients behaving as screen savers to register themselves with the X server, to better integrate themselves with the running session.
More information about X.Org can be found at: URL:https://www.X.org
This module can be found at https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXScrnSaver
There are three methods to install libxss1 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 libxss1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libxss1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxss1
Install libxss1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxss1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxss1
Install libxss1 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 libxss1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxss1
How To Uninstall libxss1 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libxss1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxss1
Uninstall libxss1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxss1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxss1
Remove libxss1 Configurations and Data
To remove libxss1 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxss1
Remove libxss1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxss1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxss1
Dependencies
libxss1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxss1 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
