How To Install lxsession on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxsession
on Debian 11.
What is lxsession
lxsession is:
LXSession is the default session manager for the Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE).
It is derived from XSM, has fewer dependencies and more features. It is desktop-independent and can be used with any window manager.
There are three methods to install lxsession
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 lxsession 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
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lxsession
Install lxsession Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lxsession
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lxsession
Install lxsession 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
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lxsession
How To Uninstall lxsession on Debian 11
To uninstall only the lxsession
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lxsession
Uninstall lxsession And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lxsession
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lxsession
Remove lxsession Configurations and Data
To remove lxsession
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lxsession
Remove lxsession configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lxsession
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lxsession
Dependencies
lxsession have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxsession
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.