How To Install twm on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install twm on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is twm
twm is:
twm is a window manager for the X Window System. It provides title bars, shaped windows, several forms of icon management, user-defined macro functions, click-to-type and pointer-driven keyboard focus, and user-specified key and pointer button bindings.
There are three methods to install twm 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 twm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install twm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install twm
Install twm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install twm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install twm
Install twm 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 twm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install twm
How To Uninstall twm on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the twm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove twm
Uninstall twm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall twm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove twm
Remove twm Configurations and Data
To remove twm configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge twm
Remove twm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove twm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge twm
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install twm package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
