How To Install herbstluftwm on Ubuntu 22.04

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In this tutorial we learn how to install herbstluftwm on Ubuntu 22.04. herbstluftwm is manual tiling window manager for X11

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install herbstluftwm on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is herbstluftwm

herbstluftwm is:

In herbstluftwm the layout is based on splitting frames into
subframes which can be split again or can be filled with windows,
Tags (or workspaces or virtual desktops or …) can be added/removed
at runtime. Each tag contains an own layout and exactly one tag is
viewed on each monitor. The tags are monitor independent.

It is configured at runtime via ipc calls from herbstclient. So the
configuration file is just a script which is run on startup.

There are three methods to install herbstluftwm on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install herbstluftwm Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install herbstluftwm

Install herbstluftwm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install herbstluftwm using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install herbstluftwm

Install herbstluftwm 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 herbstluftwm using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install herbstluftwm

How To Uninstall herbstluftwm on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the herbstluftwm package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove herbstluftwm

Uninstall herbstluftwm And Its Dependencies

To uninstall herbstluftwm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove herbstluftwm

Remove herbstluftwm Configurations and Data

To remove herbstluftwm configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge herbstluftwm

Remove herbstluftwm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge herbstluftwm

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install herbstluftwm package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.

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