How To Install wmaker on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wmaker on Debian 9.
What is wmaker
wmaker is:
Written by Alfredo Kojima almost from scratch, resembles the NeXTStep look very closely, and it is now an official GNU project. Window Maker (originally named WindowMaker) is not overloaded with features, and it is easier to configure than most other window managers. Its final goal is to produce a window manager that doesn’t require editing of configuration files. Window Maker is fast and doesn’t require tons of memory to run.
There are three methods to install wmaker on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install wmaker Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wmaker using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wmaker
Install wmaker Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wmaker using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wmaker
Install wmaker 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 wmaker using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wmaker
How To Uninstall wmaker on Debian 9
To uninstall only the wmaker package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wmaker
Uninstall wmaker And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wmaker and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wmaker
Remove wmaker Configurations and Data
To remove wmaker configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wmaker
Remove wmaker configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wmaker configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wmaker
Dependencies
wmaker have the following dependencies:
- wmaker-common
- libc6
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libgif7
- libjpeg62-turbo
- libpng16-16
- libtiff5
- libwings3
- libwraster5
- libwutil5
- libx11-6
- libxext6
- libxinerama1
- libxpm4
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wmaker package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.