How To Install kwin-common on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install kwin-common on Ubuntu 20.04. kwin-common is KDE window manager, common files KDE window manager, common files

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

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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.