How To Install xfwm4 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfwm4 on Debian 10.
What is xfwm4
xfwm4 is:
This package contains xfwm4 which is the window manager for Xfce4. It is designed to run with the rest of Xfce4 but makes a capable window manager for GNOME or KDE.
Install xfwm4 if you want a small, resource saving window manager which complies to the standards defined at http://www.freedesktop.org/. Without xfce4 installed this only gives you a window manager not the full environment.
There are three methods to install xfwm4 on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install xfwm4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xfwm4 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xfwm4
Install xfwm4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xfwm4 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xfwm4
Install xfwm4 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 xfwm4 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xfwm4
How To Uninstall xfwm4 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the xfwm4 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xfwm4
Uninstall xfwm4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xfwm4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xfwm4
Remove xfwm4 Configurations and Data
To remove xfwm4 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xfwm4
Remove xfwm4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xfwm4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xfwm4
Dependencies
xfwm4 have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libdbus-glib-1-2
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk2.0-0
- libpango-1.0-0
- libstartup-notification0
- libwnck22
- libx11-6
- libxcomposite1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfwm4 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.