How To Install xdesktopwaves on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xdesktopwaves
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is xdesktopwaves
xdesktopwaves is:
xdesktopwaves is a cellular automata setting the background of your X Window System under water. Windows and mouse are like ships on the sea. Each movement of these ends up in moving water waves. You can even have rain and/or storm stirring up the water.
There are three methods to install xdesktopwaves
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 xdesktopwaves Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xdesktopwaves
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xdesktopwaves
Install xdesktopwaves Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xdesktopwaves
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xdesktopwaves
Install xdesktopwaves 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 xdesktopwaves
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xdesktopwaves
How To Uninstall xdesktopwaves on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the xdesktopwaves
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xdesktopwaves
Uninstall xdesktopwaves And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xdesktopwaves
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xdesktopwaves
Remove xdesktopwaves Configurations and Data
To remove xdesktopwaves
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xdesktopwaves
Remove xdesktopwaves configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xdesktopwaves
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xdesktopwaves
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xdesktopwaves
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.