How To Install bspwm on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install bspwm on Debian 11. bspwm is Binary space partitioning window manager

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bspwm on Debian 11.

What is `bspwm`

bspwm is:

Bspwm is a tiling window manager that represents windows as the leaves of a full binary tree.

There are three methods to install bspwm on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install bspwm Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bspwm

Install bspwm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bspwm

Install bspwm 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 bspwm using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bspwm

How To Uninstall bspwm on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove bspwm

Uninstall bspwm And Its Dependencies

To uninstall bspwm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bspwm

Remove bspwm Configurations and Data

To remove bspwm configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bspwm

Remove bspwm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bspwm

Dependencies

bspwm have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bspwm package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.