How To Install kwin-common on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kwin-common
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is kwin-common
kwin-common is:
KWin (pronounced as one syllable “kwin”) is the window manager for the KDE Plasma Desktop. It gives you complete control over your windows, making sure they’re not in the way but aid you in your task. It paints the window decoration, the bar on top of every window with (configurable) buttons like close, maximize and minimize. It also handles placing of windows and switching between them.
This package is part of the KDE base workspace module. Task: kubuntu-desktop
Package: kwin-common Architecture: amd64 Version: 4:5.18.4.1-0ubuntu2 Priority: optional Section: universe/kde Source: kwin Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian/Kubuntu Qt/KDE Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 9474 Depends: kwin-data (= 4:5.18.4.1-0ubuntu2), libkf5globalaccel-bin, libkwineffects12 (= 4:5.18.4.1-0ubuntu2), qml-module-org-kde-kirigami2 (>= 5.54.0~), qml-module-org-kde-kquickcontrolsaddons, qml-module-qtmultimedia, kio, kpackagetool5, libc6 (>= 2.29), libepoxy0 (>= 1.0), libinput10 (>= 1.9.2), libkdecorations2-5v5 (>= 4:5.18.1), libkdecorations2private7 (>= 4:5.9.0), libkf5activities5 (>= 4.96.0), libkf5authcore5 (>= 5.56.0), libkf5completion5 (>= 4.97.0), libkf5configcore5 (>= 5.66.0), libkf5configgui5 (>= 4.97.0), libkf5configwidgets5 (>= 5.65.0), libkf5coreaddons5 (>= 5.11.0), libkf5globalaccel5 (>= 5.10.0), libkf5globalaccelprivate5 (>= 5.11.0+git), libkf5i18n5 (>= 5.0.0), libkf5kcmutils5 (>= 4.96.0), libkf5kiowidgets5 (>= 4.96.0), libkf5newstuff5 (>= 4.95.0), libkf5notifications5 (>= 4.96.0), libkf5package5 (>= 5.17.0), libkf5plasma5 (>= 5.0.0), libkf5quickaddons5 (>= 5.64.0), libkf5service-bin, libkf5service5 (>= 5.4.0+git20141113.1055+15.04), libkf5textwidgets5 (>= 5.0.0), libkf5waylandclient5 (>= 4:5.37.0), libkf5waylandserver5 (>= 4:5.64.0), libkf5widgetsaddons5 (>= 4.96.0), libkf5windowsystem5 (>= 5.67.0), libkf5xmlgui-bin, libkf5xmlgui5 (>= 4.96.0), libkscreenlocker5 (>= 5.18.4.1), libkwin4-effect-builtins1, libkwinglutils12 (>= 4:5.17.80), libkwinxrenderutils12 (>= 4:5.1.95+git20150122), libqt5core5a (>= 5.12.2), libqt5dbus5 (>= 5.9.0~), libqt5gui5 (>= 5.10.0) | libqt5gui5-gles (>= 5.10.0), libqt5qml5 (>= 5.0.2), libqt5quick5 (>= 5.10.0) | libqt5quick5-gles (>= 5.10.0), libqt5script5 (>= 5.9.0~), libqt5sensors5 (>= 5.9.0~), libqt5widgets5 (>= 5.9.0~), libqt5x11extras5 (>= 5.9.0~), libstdc++6 (>= 5), libudev1 (>= 183), libwayland-cursor0 (>= 1.2), libxcb-composite0, libxcb-cursor0 (>= 0.0.99), libxcb-damage0, libxcb-glx0, libxcb-icccm4 (>= 0.4.1), libxcb-keysyms1 (>= 0.4.0), libxcb-randr0, libxcb-render0, libxcb-shape0, libxcb-shm0, libxcb-sync1, libxcb-xfixes0, libxcb1 (>= 1.6), libxkbcommon0 (>= 0.7.0), qtbase-abi-5-12-8 Recommends: libqt5multimedia5-plugins, plasma-desktop (>= 4:5.18.0), qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin Suggests: kwin-addons (>= 4:5.18.0) Breaks: kwin (<= 4:5.3.1-0ubuntu3) Replaces: kwin (<= 4:5.3.1-0ubuntu3) Filename: pool/universe/k/kwin/kwin-common_5.18.4.1-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb Size: 1800208 MD5sum: 4fcfa6de87a12de38c698d5afee1eb3e SHA1: 4d026bbc409d94d460866eecfffc29106c80547e SHA256: a41bc8ad7abf268811bf3917541101cec3f4186c3d4bb6ef16db2c957394363c Homepage: https://projects.kde.org/projects/kde/workspace/kwin Description-en: KDE window manager, common files KWin (pronounced as one syllable “kwin”) is the window manager for the KDE Plasma Desktop. It gives you complete control over your windows, making sure they’re not in the way but aid you in your task. It paints the window decoration, the bar on top of every window with (configurable) buttons like close, maximize and minimize. It also handles placing of windows and switching between them.
This package is part of the KDE base workspace module. Task: kubuntu-desktop
There are three methods to install kwin-common
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install kwin-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kwin-common
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kwin-common
Install kwin-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kwin-common
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kwin-common
Install kwin-common 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install kwin-common
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kwin-common
How To Uninstall kwin-common on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the kwin-common
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kwin-common
Uninstall kwin-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kwin-common
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kwin-common
Remove kwin-common Configurations and Data
To remove kwin-common
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kwin-common
Remove kwin-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kwin-common
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kwin-common
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kwin-common
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.