How To Install pekwm on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pekwm on Debian 12.
What is pekwm
pekwm is:
Pekwm is a window manager that once up on a time was based on the aewm++ window manager, but it has evolved enough that it no longer resembles aewm++ at all. It has a much expanded feature-set, including window grouping (similar to ion, pwm, or fluxbox), autoproperties, xinerama, keygrabber that supports keychains, and much more.
Some of its characteristics are:
- Lightweight and Unobtrusive, a window manager shouldn’t be noticed.
- Very configurable, everyone work and think in different ways.
- Automatic properties, for all the lazy people, make things appear as they should when starting applications.
- Chainable Keygrabber, usability for everyone.
There are three methods to install pekwm on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install pekwm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pekwm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pekwm
Install pekwm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pekwm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pekwm
Install pekwm 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 pekwm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pekwm
How To Uninstall pekwm on Debian 12
To uninstall only the pekwm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pekwm
Uninstall pekwm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pekwm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pekwm
Remove pekwm Configurations and Data
To remove pekwm configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pekwm
Remove pekwm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pekwm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pekwm
Dependencies
pekwm have the following dependencies:
- menu
- x11-utils
- libc6
- libgcc-s1
- libjpeg62-turbo
- libpng16-16
- libstdc++6
- libx11-6
- libxext6
- libxft2
- libxinerama1
- libxpm4
- libxrandr2
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pekwm package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.