How To Install lxsession-data on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxsession-data on Debian 10.
What is lxsession-data
lxsession-data is:
LXSession is the default session manager for the Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE).
This package provides common files for lxsession and supplementary packages.
There are three methods to install lxsession-data 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 lxsession-data 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-data using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lxsession-data
Install lxsession-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lxsession-data using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lxsession-data
Install lxsession-data 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-data using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lxsession-data
How To Uninstall lxsession-data on Debian 10
To uninstall only the lxsession-data package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lxsession-data
Uninstall lxsession-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lxsession-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lxsession-data
Remove lxsession-data Configurations and Data
To remove lxsession-data configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lxsession-data
Remove lxsession-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lxsession-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lxsession-data
Dependencies
lxsession-data have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxsession-data package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.