How To Install w9wm on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install w9wm on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is w9wm
w9wm is:
w9wm is a small window manager. It can be used to imitate the appearance expected from a plan9 conforming desktop.
It shares most of its appearance with the window manager 9wm, from which it descends. It provides some additional features such as support for virtual screens as well as keyboard bindings.
There are three methods to install w9wm 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 w9wm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install w9wm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install w9wm
Install w9wm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install w9wm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install w9wm
Install w9wm 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 w9wm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install w9wm
How To Uninstall w9wm on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the w9wm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove w9wm
Uninstall w9wm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall w9wm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove w9wm
Remove w9wm Configurations and Data
To remove w9wm configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge w9wm
Remove w9wm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove w9wm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge w9wm
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install w9wm package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
