How To Install flwm on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install flwm on Debian 10.
What is flwm
flwm is:
Flwm is an attempt to combine the best ideas from several window managers. The primary influence and code base is from wm2 by Chris Cannam. Primary features copied from wm2 are:
- Does not look like Windows.
- Nifty sideways title bars.
- No icons. You deiconify by picking off a pop-up menu. This means no space is wasted by icons.
- Really small and fast code.
It is enhanced by the author’s own further nutty ideas:
- Does not use shape extension, more standard resize handles.
- Occupies as little screen space as possible. The border and titles are as thin as you could possibly make them. And maximized windows waste only 15 pixels horizontally and zero (count’em) pixels vertically!
- Independent maximize buttons for width & height, close button.
- Understands Motif, KDE, and GNOME window manager hints.
- Multiple desktops, controlled from the same menu as the icons.
The recommended packages are needed to generate flwm’s application menus:
- For the old style debian-specific menu: menu
- For the FreeDesktop menu based on .desktop files: libfile-desktopentry-perl, libfile-which-perl, libpath-tiny-perl, libset-scalar-perl, and perl.
There are three methods to install flwm 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 flwm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install flwm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install flwm
Install flwm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install flwm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install flwm
Install flwm 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 flwm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install flwm
How To Uninstall flwm on Debian 10
To uninstall only the flwm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove flwm
Uninstall flwm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall flwm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove flwm
Remove flwm Configurations and Data
To remove flwm configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge flwm
Remove flwm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove flwm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge flwm
Dependencies
flwm have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install flwm package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.