How To Install kwin-wayland on Debian 10

Learn how to install kwin-wayland on Debian 10 with this tutorial. kwin-wayland is KDE window manager, wayland version, PREVIEW release

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kwin-wayland on Debian 10.

What is kwin-wayland

kwin-wayland 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 provides the wayland version, which is still a work in progress project, and is available as a PREVIEW release. Don’t expect the same stability as with the x11 version.

There are three methods to install kwin-wayland on Debian 10. 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install kwin-wayland

Install kwin-wayland Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install kwin-wayland

Install kwin-wayland 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install kwin-wayland

How To Uninstall kwin-wayland on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove kwin-wayland

Uninstall kwin-wayland And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kwin-wayland and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kwin-wayland

Remove kwin-wayland Configurations and Data

To remove kwin-wayland configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kwin-wayland

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

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

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

Dependencies

kwin-wayland have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kwin-wayland package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.