How To Install kwin-wayland-backend-drm on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install kwin-wayland-backend-drm on Ubuntu 20.04. kwin-wayland-backend-drm is KDE window manager drm plugin KDE window manager drm plugin

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kwin-wayland-backend-drm on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is kwin-wayland-backend-drm

kwin-wayland-backend-drm 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

Package: kwin-wayland-backend-drm Architecture: amd64 Version: 4:5.18.4.1-0ubuntu2 Priority: optional Section: universe/libs 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: 323 Provides: kwin-wayland-backend Depends: kwin-common, libc6 (>= 2.14), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.62), libepoxy0 (>= 1.3), libgbm1 (>= 10.2~0), libkf5configcore5 (>= 4.97.0), libkf5i18n5 (>= 4.97.0), libkf5waylandserver5 (>= 4:5.62.0), libkwineffects12 (>= 4:5.1.95+git20150122), libkwinglutils12 (>= 4:5.17.80), libqt5core5a (>= 5.12.2), libqt5gui5 (>= 5.9.0~) | libqt5gui5-gles (>= 5.9.0~), libqt5widgets5 (>= 5.9.0~), libstdc++6 (>= 5) Filename: pool/universe/k/kwin/kwin-wayland-backend-drm_5.18.4.1-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb Size: 91524 MD5sum: 11dc70fae235f2db7a2f33f4b2a4799b SHA1: 5f214fc93c1ea0d8a3cb24fda522a21c37bd923d SHA256: d8ab8bf764d2c3c22d270cb3942e2ade45c0e014ce7188cb4d6733a23e791498 Homepage: https://projects.kde.org/projects/kde/workspace/kwin Description-en: KDE window manager drm plugin 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

There are three methods to install kwin-wayland-backend-drm 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-wayland-backend-drm 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-wayland-backend-drm using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install kwin-wayland-backend-drm

Install kwin-wayland-backend-drm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kwin-wayland-backend-drm using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kwin-wayland-backend-drm

Install kwin-wayland-backend-drm 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-wayland-backend-drm using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kwin-wayland-backend-drm

How To Uninstall kwin-wayland-backend-drm on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the kwin-wayland-backend-drm package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kwin-wayland-backend-drm

Uninstall kwin-wayland-backend-drm And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kwin-wayland-backend-drm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kwin-wayland-backend-drm

Remove kwin-wayland-backend-drm Configurations and Data

To remove kwin-wayland-backend-drm configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kwin-wayland-backend-drm

Remove kwin-wayland-backend-drm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove kwin-wayland-backend-drm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kwin-wayland-backend-drm

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kwin-wayland-backend-drm package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.