How To Install maximus on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install maximus on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is maximus
maximus is:
Maximus is a desktop daemon which will automatically maximise and optionally not decorated windows. It has support for exclusion lists and will work with any EWMH-spec compliant window-manager.
There are three methods to install maximus 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 maximus Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install maximus using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install maximus
Install maximus Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install maximus using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install maximus
Install maximus 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 maximus using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install maximus
How To Uninstall maximus on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the maximus package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove maximus
Uninstall maximus And Its Dependencies
To uninstall maximus and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove maximus
Remove maximus Configurations and Data
To remove maximus configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge maximus
Remove maximus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove maximus configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge maximus
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install maximus package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
