Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install choosewm
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is choosewm
choosewm is:
When installed, this package installs a x-session-manager alternative
allowing the user to choose the window manager. The list is taken
by default from everything installing a window manager option in
the Debian menu system, but the administrator or user can add or
remove items via config files.
There are three methods to install choosewm
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 choosewm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install choosewm
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install choosewm
Install choosewm Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install choosewm
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install choosewm
Install choosewm 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 choosewm
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install choosewm
How To Uninstall choosewm on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the choosewm
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove choosewm
Uninstall choosewm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall choosewm
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove choosewm
Remove choosewm Configurations and Data
To remove choosewm
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge choosewm
Remove choosewm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove choosewm
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge choosewm
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install choosewm
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.