How To Install kwin-wayland-backend-drm on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install kwin-wayland-backend-drm on Debian 9. kwin-wayland-backend-drm is KDE window manager drm plugin

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kwin-wayland-backend-drm on Debian 9.

What is kwin-wayland-backend-drm

kwin-wayland-backend-drm is:

KWin (pronounced as one syllable “kwin”) is the window manager for the KDE Plasma Desktop. It gives you complete control over your windows, making sure they’re not in the way but aid you in your task. It paints the window decoration, the bar on top of every window with (configurable) buttons like close, maximize and minimize. It also handles placing of windows and switching between them.

This package is part of the KDE base workspace module

There are three methods to install kwin-wayland-backend-drm on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install kwin-wayland-backend-drm Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install kwin-wayland-backend-drm using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install kwin-wayland-backend-drm

Install kwin-wayland-backend-drm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kwin-wayland-backend-drm using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kwin-wayland-backend-drm

Install kwin-wayland-backend-drm 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 kwin-wayland-backend-drm using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kwin-wayland-backend-drm

How To Uninstall kwin-wayland-backend-drm on Debian 9

To uninstall only the kwin-wayland-backend-drm package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kwin-wayland-backend-drm

Uninstall kwin-wayland-backend-drm And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kwin-wayland-backend-drm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kwin-wayland-backend-drm

Remove kwin-wayland-backend-drm Configurations and Data

To remove kwin-wayland-backend-drm configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kwin-wayland-backend-drm

Remove kwin-wayland-backend-drm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove kwin-wayland-backend-drm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kwin-wayland-backend-drm

Dependencies

kwin-wayland-backend-drm have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kwin-wayland-backend-drm package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.