How To Install wdm on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wdm
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is wdm
wdm is:
This is an xdm replacement based on the WINGs widget set. WINGs is the NeXT-like widget set used by WindowMaker and some other programs. wdm provides a nice and versatile login panel along with xdm functionality.
There are three methods to install wdm
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install wdm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wdm
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wdm
Install wdm Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wdm
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wdm
Install wdm 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 wdm
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wdm
How To Uninstall wdm on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the wdm
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wdm
Uninstall wdm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wdm
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wdm
Remove wdm Configurations and Data
To remove wdm
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wdm
Remove wdm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wdm
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wdm
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wdm
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.