How To Install lxsession-logout on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxsession-logout on Debian 10.
What is lxsession-logout
lxsession-logout is:
LXSession is the default session manager for the Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE).
LXSession-Logout is a simple utility for stopping or logging out from a LXDE or an Openbox session.
There are three methods to install lxsession-logout 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-logout 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-logout using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lxsession-logout
Install lxsession-logout Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lxsession-logout using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lxsession-logout
Install lxsession-logout 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-logout using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lxsession-logout
How To Uninstall lxsession-logout on Debian 10
To uninstall only the lxsession-logout package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lxsession-logout
Uninstall lxsession-logout And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lxsession-logout and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lxsession-logout
Remove lxsession-logout Configurations and Data
To remove lxsession-logout configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lxsession-logout
Remove lxsession-logout configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lxsession-logout configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lxsession-logout
Dependencies
lxsession-logout have the following dependencies:
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk2.0-0
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libpangoft2-1.0-0
- libx11-6
- lxsession-data
- lxlock
- policykit-1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxsession-logout package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
