How To Install kwin on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kwin on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is kwin
kwin is:
This package is a transitional dummy to depend on the renamed kwin-x11 and can be removed.
Package: kwin Architecture: all Version: 4:5.18.4.1-0ubuntu2 Priority: extra Section: universe/utils 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: 36 Depends: kwin-x11 Filename: pool/universe/k/kwin/kwin_5.18.4.1-0ubuntu2_all.deb Size: 5784 MD5sum: 353ceb2fa54ef4776674b8e3b09aca3d SHA1: 1543a7aad1d96a6b120edf117cabb399ff326506 SHA256: 53f1fe0a10b9841c5b07e68283de2567e305e95cb631bebfa283957bbcd72eb1 Homepage: https://projects.kde.org/projects/kde/workspace/kwin Description-en: Transitional dummy for kwin-x11 This package is a transitional dummy to depend on the renamed kwin-x11 and can be removed.
There are three methods to install kwin 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kwin
Install kwin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kwin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kwin
Install kwin 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kwin
How To Uninstall kwin on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the kwin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kwin
Uninstall kwin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kwin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kwin
Remove kwin Configurations and Data
To remove kwin configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kwin
Remove kwin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kwin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kwin
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kwin package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.