Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install backstep on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is backstep
backstep is:
Backstep is a program that draws icons for minimized windows on your desktop.
It doesn’t depend on the window manager or on a desktop-drawing program.
It is meant to work with window managers that are EWHM compliant.
Known Window Manager Support:
* Metacity: known for sure to work
* Xfwm4: known for sure to work
* Fluxbox: known not to work
* Kwin: partial support
* Other: untested
There are three methods to install backstep 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 backstep Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install backstep using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install backstep
Install backstep Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install backstep using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install backstep
Install backstep 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 backstep using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install backstep
How To Uninstall backstep on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the backstep package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove backstep
Uninstall backstep And Its Dependencies
To uninstall backstep and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove backstep
Remove backstep Configurations and Data
To remove backstep configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge backstep
Remove backstep configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove backstep configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge backstep
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install backstep package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
