How To Install wm2 on Debian 12

Learn how to install wm2 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. wm2 is small, unconfigurable window manager

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wm2 on Debian 12.

What is wm2

wm2 is:

wm2 is a window manager for X. It provides an unusual style of window decoration and as little functionality as Chris Cannam feels comfortable with in a window manager. wm2 is not configurable, except by editing the source and recompiling the code, and is really intended for people who don’t particularly want their window manager to be too friendly.

There are three methods to install wm2 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install wm2 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install wm2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install wm2

Install wm2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install wm2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install wm2

Install wm2 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 wm2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wm2

How To Uninstall wm2 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the wm2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove wm2

Uninstall wm2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall wm2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wm2

Remove wm2 Configurations and Data

To remove wm2 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge wm2

Remove wm2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove wm2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wm2

Dependencies

wm2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wm2 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.