How To Install awesome-extra on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install awesome-extra on Ubuntu 18.04. awesome-extra is additional modules for awesome

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install awesome-extra on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is awesome-extra

awesome-extra is:

This is a set of additional modules for the awesome window manager.

It contains:

  • wicked, a widget manager which can fill them with various system information (CPU or memory usage, network bandwidth, etc);
  • shifty, an extension implementing dynamic tagging;
  • obvious, a set of several widgets (WiFi link quality, battery usage, etc), superseding wicked;
  • vicious, a widget manager;
  • revelation, expose like functionality;
  • bashets, use your shell scripts as content providers for widgets;
  • flaw, object oriented library providing a thin abstraction layer above awesome widgets.

There are three methods to install awesome-extra 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 awesome-extra Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install awesome-extra using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install awesome-extra

Install awesome-extra Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install awesome-extra using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install awesome-extra

Install awesome-extra 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 awesome-extra using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install awesome-extra

How To Uninstall awesome-extra on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the awesome-extra package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove awesome-extra

Uninstall awesome-extra And Its Dependencies

To uninstall awesome-extra and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove awesome-extra

Remove awesome-extra Configurations and Data

To remove awesome-extra configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge awesome-extra

Remove awesome-extra configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove awesome-extra configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge awesome-extra

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install awesome-extra package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.