How To Install miwm on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install miwm on Debian 9.
What is miwm
miwm is:
MIWM is a minimalist window manager with virtual workspaces. It is designed to be used for low end PCs where low resource usage and minimal memory footprint is desired. MIWM is written in C++.
There are three methods to install miwm 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 miwm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install miwm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install miwm
Install miwm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install miwm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install miwm
Install miwm 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 miwm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install miwm
How To Uninstall miwm on Debian 9
To uninstall only the miwm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove miwm
Uninstall miwm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall miwm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove miwm
Remove miwm Configurations and Data
To remove miwm configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge miwm
Remove miwm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove miwm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge miwm
Dependencies
miwm have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install miwm package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.