How To Install kwin-wayland on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kwin-wayland on Debian 10.
What is kwin-wayland
kwin-wayland 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 provides the wayland version, which is still a work in progress project, and is available as a PREVIEW release. Don’t expect the same stability as with the x11 version.
There are three methods to install kwin-wayland 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 kwin-wayland 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kwin-wayland
Install kwin-wayland Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kwin-wayland using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kwin-wayland
Install kwin-wayland 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kwin-wayland
How To Uninstall kwin-wayland on Debian 10
To uninstall only the kwin-wayland package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kwin-wayland
Uninstall kwin-wayland And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kwin-wayland and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kwin-wayland
Remove kwin-wayland Configurations and Data
To remove kwin-wayland configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kwin-wayland
Remove kwin-wayland configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kwin-wayland configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kwin-wayland
Dependencies
kwin-wayland have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kwin-wayland package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.