How to Install and Uninstall dwm Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "dwm" package

Please follow the guidance below to install dwm on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                dwm
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "dwm" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall dwm on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                dwm
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dwm package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: dwm
Version: 6.1-5
Installed-Size: 257
Maintainer: Hugo Lefeuvre
Architecture: amd64
Provides: x-window-manager
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12.6), libx11-6, libxft2 (>> 2.1.1), libxinerama1
Recommends: suckless-tools, x11-xserver-utils, stterm | x-terminal-emulator
Description: dynamic window manager
Description-md5: 8cb85e50ac4878fe7f313053f30e9329
Homepage: http://dwm.suckless.org/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::graphical, interface::x11, role::program,
uitoolkit::xlib, x11::window-manager
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/dwm/dwm_6.1-5_amd64.deb
Size: 41752
MD5sum: ae95461ec9daad5a5447cf7c437421e8
SHA256: 95cb7d0b041a1d7b08cb5f4021fb1300836add53a8627695e74211d37281b1af