How To Install mutter on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mutter on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mutter
mutter is:
Mutter is a small window manager, using GTK+ and Clutter to do everything.
Mutter is the clutter-based evolution of Metacity, which, as the author says, is a “Boring window manager for the adult in you. Many window managers are like Marshmallow Froot Loops; Metacity is like Cheerios.”
This package contains the core binaries.
There are three methods to install mutter 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 mutter Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mutter using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mutter
Install mutter Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mutter using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mutter
Install mutter 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 mutter using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mutter
How To Uninstall mutter on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mutter package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mutter
Uninstall mutter And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mutter and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mutter
Remove mutter Configurations and Data
To remove mutter configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mutter
Remove mutter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mutter configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mutter
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mutter package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
