How To Install openbox-kde-session on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openbox-kde-session on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is openbox-kde-session
openbox-kde-session is:
openbox-kde-session can provide KDE SC session with openbox as a default window manager. Can replace the original window manager called KWin.
Package: openbox-kde-session Architecture: all Version: 3.6.1-9 Priority: optional Section: universe/x11 Source: openbox Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Mateusz Łukasik [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 37 Depends: openbox (>= 3.6.1-9), x11-utils, plasma-workspace Breaks: openbox (« 3.5.2-5) Replaces: openbox (« 3.5.2-5) Enhances: kde-workspace Filename: pool/universe/o/openbox/openbox-kde-session_3.6.1-9_all.deb Size: 6040 MD5sum: b7037006722ec643b9c4dcb2310434ba SHA1: 806e7c632fd88dc170e706a418f64761a9656e3f SHA256: cb3d2c657b1998ac0c468d6c23a3c269233d0b402ea22202a47a40aa83d43e79 Homepage: http://www.openbox.org Description-en: command line utility to run Openbox as KDE SC session openbox-kde-session can provide KDE SC session with openbox as a default window manager. Can replace the original window manager called KWin.
There are three methods to install openbox-kde-session 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 openbox-kde-session Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install openbox-kde-session using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install openbox-kde-session
Install openbox-kde-session Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install openbox-kde-session using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install openbox-kde-session
Install openbox-kde-session 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 openbox-kde-session using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install openbox-kde-session
How To Uninstall openbox-kde-session on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the openbox-kde-session package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove openbox-kde-session
Uninstall openbox-kde-session And Its Dependencies
To uninstall openbox-kde-session and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove openbox-kde-session
Remove openbox-kde-session Configurations and Data
To remove openbox-kde-session configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge openbox-kde-session
Remove openbox-kde-session configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove openbox-kde-session configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openbox-kde-session
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openbox-kde-session package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
