How To Install miwm on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install miwm
on Ubuntu 20.04.
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 Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 20.04
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 Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove miwm
Remove miwm Configurations and Data
To remove miwm
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install miwm
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.