How To Install sawfish-data on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sawfish-data on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is sawfish-data
sawfish-data is:
This package contains the architecture independent lisp compiled files and other data, such as theme pixmaps. It is unlikely to be of any use without the sawfish window manager.
The lisp source files are in the sawfish-lisp-source package.
There are three methods to install sawfish-data 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 sawfish-data Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sawfish-data using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sawfish-data
Install sawfish-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sawfish-data using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sawfish-data
Install sawfish-data 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 sawfish-data using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sawfish-data
How To Uninstall sawfish-data on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the sawfish-data package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sawfish-data
Uninstall sawfish-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sawfish-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sawfish-data
Remove sawfish-data Configurations and Data
To remove sawfish-data configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sawfish-data
Remove sawfish-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sawfish-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sawfish-data
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sawfish-data package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.