How To Install kwin-wayland-backend-drm on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kwin-wayland-backend-drm on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kwin-wayland-backend-drm package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
