How To Install libkwinglutils12 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkwinglutils12 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libkwinglutils12
libkwinglutils12 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: libkwinglutils12 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: 209 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libepoxy0 (>= 1.0), libqt5core5a (>= 5.12.2), libqt5gui5 (>= 5.9.0~) | libqt5gui5-gles (>= 5.9.0~), libstdc++6 (>= 5), libxcb1 Breaks: kwin-common (« 4:5.4), libkwin4-effect-builtins1 (« 4:5.4), libkwinglutils10, libkwinglutils11, libkwinglutils5 (« 4:5.2.0), libkwinglutils6 (« 4:5.4.1+git20150907), libkwinglutils7 (« 4.5.5.80+git20160203), libkwinglutils8, libkwinglutils9 Replaces: libkwinglutils10, libkwinglutils11, libkwinglutils5 (« 4:5.2.0), libkwinglutils6 (« 4:5.4.1+git20150907), libkwinglutils7 (« 4:5.5.80+git20160203), libkwinglutils8, libkwinglutils9 Filename: pool/universe/k/kwin/libkwinglutils12_5.18.4.1-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb Size: 57108 MD5sum: 14b87864fec9216aeadfdc32bf71a6f4 SHA1: d07ce0ed56630fe5c63be31351fafc1493967141 SHA256: 6629af7daee0d08aa22da6ebc2cce754f8253b102c7e786f4b5fcce3a645ad9e Homepage: https://projects.kde.org/projects/kde/workspace/kwin Description-en: KDE window manager gl utils library 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 libkwinglutils12 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 libkwinglutils12 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libkwinglutils12 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libkwinglutils12
Install libkwinglutils12 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libkwinglutils12 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libkwinglutils12
Install libkwinglutils12 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 libkwinglutils12 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libkwinglutils12
How To Uninstall libkwinglutils12 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libkwinglutils12 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libkwinglutils12
Uninstall libkwinglutils12 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libkwinglutils12 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkwinglutils12
Remove libkwinglutils12 Configurations and Data
To remove libkwinglutils12 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libkwinglutils12
Remove libkwinglutils12 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libkwinglutils12 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libkwinglutils12
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkwinglutils12 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
