How To Install kwin-wayland-backend-x11 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install kwin-wayland-backend-x11 on Ubuntu 20.04. kwin-wayland-backend-x11 is KDE window manager x11 plugin KDE window manager x11 plugin

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kwin-wayland-backend-x11 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is kwin-wayland-backend-x11

kwin-wayland-backend-x11 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-x11 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: 198 Provides: kwin-wayland-backend Depends: kwin-common, libc6 (>= 2.14), libepoxy0 (>= 1.0), libkf5i18n5 (>= 4.97.0), libkf5waylandserver5 (>= 4:5.62.0), libkf5windowsystem5 (>= 4.98.0), libkwineffects12 (>= 4:5.1.95+git20150122), libkwinglutils12 (>= 4:5.17.80), libkwinxrenderutils12 (>= 4:5.1.95+git20150122), libqt5core5a (>= 5.12.2), libqt5gui5 (>= 5.10.0) | libqt5gui5-gles (>= 5.10.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5), libx11-6, libx11-xcb1 (>= 2:1.6.9), libxcb-keysyms1 (>= 0.4.0), libxcb-render0, libxcb1 (>= 1.6), libxi6 (>= 2:1.5.99.2) Filename: pool/universe/k/kwin/kwin-wayland-backend-x11_5.18.4.1-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb Size: 52052 MD5sum: a3f310470da1caef90693346b9ed3241 SHA1: efc66ca0e5d84fcbfec97cc8149c0a883a17464f SHA256: 1de2e282dc1d8ebbf3cfb7648c7cf8aaf58c515b3b84e7bb48238ab779e1e63f Homepage: https://projects.kde.org/projects/kde/workspace/kwin Description-en: KDE window manager x11 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-x11 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-x11 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-x11 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install kwin-wayland-backend-x11

Install kwin-wayland-backend-x11 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kwin-wayland-backend-x11 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kwin-wayland-backend-x11

Install kwin-wayland-backend-x11 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-x11 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kwin-wayland-backend-x11

How To Uninstall kwin-wayland-backend-x11 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the kwin-wayland-backend-x11 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kwin-wayland-backend-x11

Uninstall kwin-wayland-backend-x11 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kwin-wayland-backend-x11 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-x11

Remove kwin-wayland-backend-x11 Configurations and Data

To remove kwin-wayland-backend-x11 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kwin-wayland-backend-x11

Remove kwin-wayland-backend-x11 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove kwin-wayland-backend-x11 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kwin-wayland-backend-x11

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kwin-wayland-backend-x11 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.