How to Install and Uninstall sway Package on Arch Linux

Last updated: September 21,2024

1. Install "sway" package

Please follow the instructions below to install sway on Arch Linux

$ sudo pacman -Sy $ sudo pacman -S sway

2. Uninstall "sway" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall sway on Arch Linux:

$ sudo pacman -Rcns sway

3. Information about the sway package on Arch Linux

Repository : extra
Name : sway
Version : 1:1.9-1
Description : Tiling Wayland compositor and replacement for the i3 window
manager
Architecture : x86_64
URL : https://swaywm.org/
Licenses : MIT
Groups : None
Provides : None
Depends On : cairo gdk-pixbuf2 libevdev.so=2-64 libinput
libjson-c.so=5-64 libpixman-1.so=0-64 libudev.so=1-64
libwayland-server.so=0-64 libwlroots.so=12-64 libxcb
libxkbcommon.so=0-64 pango pcre2 ttf-font xcb-util-wm
Optional Deps : foot: Terminal emulator used in the default configuration
i3status: Status line generation
mako: Lightweight notification daemon
polkit: System privilege control. Required if not using seatd
service
swaybg: Wallpaper tool for sway
sway-contrib: Collection of user-contributed scripts for sway
swayidle: Idle management daemon
swaylock: Screen locker
waybar: Highly customizable bar
wmenu: Application launcher used in default config
xorg-xwayland: X11 support
xdg-desktop-portal-gtk: Default xdg-desktop-portal for file
picking
xdg-desktop-portal-wlr: xdg-desktop-portal backend
Conflicts With : None
Replaces : None
Download Size : 5.05 MiB
Installed Size : 5.60 MiB
Packager : Brett Cornwall
Build Date : Sat Feb 24 18:51:52 2024
Validated By : MD5 Sum SHA-256 Sum Signature