How to Install and Uninstall i3-wm Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 12,2024

You can also install and uninstall the i3-wm on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "i3-wm" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install i3-wm on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "i3-wm" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall i3-wm on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the i3-wm package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: i3-wm
Version: 4.22-2
Installed-Size: 2518
Maintainer: Debian i3 maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Provides: x-window-manager
Depends: dex, i3status, libc6 (>= 2.34), libcairo2 (>= 1.10.0), libev4 (>= 1:4.04), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.51.0), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.22.0), libpcre2-8-0 (>= 10.22), libstartup-notification0 (>= 0.10), libxcb-cursor0 (>= 0.0.99), libxcb-icccm4 (>= 0.4.1), libxcb-keysyms1 (>= 0.4.0), libxcb-randr0 (>= 1.12), libxcb-shape0, libxcb-util1 (>= 0.4.0), libxcb-xinerama0, libxcb-xkb1, libxcb-xrm0 (>= 0.0.0), libxcb1 (>= 1.6), libxkbcommon-x11-0 (>= 0.5.0), libxkbcommon0 (>= 0.5.0), libyajl2 (>= 2.0.4), perl:any
Recommends: xfonts-base, fonts-dejavu-core, libanyevent-i3-perl, libjson-xs-perl, rxvt-unicode | x-terminal-emulator
Description: improved dynamic tiling window manager
Description-md5: 2be7e62f455351435b1e055745d3e81c
Homepage: https://i3wm.org/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::graphical, interface::x11, role::program,
uitoolkit::TODO, x11::application, x11::window-manager
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/i/i3-wm/i3-wm_4.22-2_amd64.deb
Size: 1021600
MD5sum: 3e2769c80c00a676771769036741c534
SHA256: 4fc8b8251065f490004aac7733c939f3b7ad48f9bdb8c6b773fec80a4cf0a603