How To Install icewm-common on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install icewm-common on Debian 10.
What is icewm-common
icewm-common is:
IceWm is a Window Manager for X Window System. Can emulate the look of Windows'95, OS/2 Warp 3,4, Motif. Tries to take the best features of the above systems. Features multiple workspaces, opaque move/resize, task bar, window list, mailbox status, digital clock. Fast and small.
This package provides the common files for icewm, icewm-experimental and icewm-lite binary packages.
There are three methods to install icewm-common 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 icewm-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install icewm-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install icewm-common
Install icewm-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install icewm-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install icewm-common
Install icewm-common 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 icewm-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install icewm-common
How To Uninstall icewm-common on Debian 10
To uninstall only the icewm-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove icewm-common
Uninstall icewm-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall icewm-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove icewm-common
Remove icewm-common Configurations and Data
To remove icewm-common configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge icewm-common
Remove icewm-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove icewm-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge icewm-common
Dependencies
icewm-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install icewm-common package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
