How to Install and Uninstall icewm Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: December 23,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "icewm" package

This tutorial shows how to install icewm on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall icewm 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 icewm package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: icewm
Version: 3.3.1-1
Installed-Size: 2740
Maintainer: Eduard Bloch
Architecture: amd64
Provides: x-window-manager
Depends: icewm-common (= 3.3.1-1), libao4 (>= 1.1.0), libc6 (>= 2.34), libfribidi0 (>= 0.19.2), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), libimlib2 (>= 1.4.5), librsvg2-2 (>= 2.14.4), libsm6, libsndfile1 (>= 1.0.20), libstdc++6 (>= 11), libx11-6, libxcomposite1 (>= 1:0.4.5), libxdamage1 (>= 1:1.1), libxext6, libxfixes3, libxft2 (>> 2.1.1), libxinerama1 (>= 2:1.1.4), libxrandr2 (>= 2:1.2.0), libxrender1, fonts-dejavu-core | ttf-dejavu-core | custom-icewm-font, sensible-utils
Conflicts: icewm-common (<< 1.3.8-3)
Description: wonderful Win95-OS/2-Motif-like window manager
Description-md5: 690f826fadc289155859a8d83a4cff39
Tag: implemented-in::c++, interface::graphical, interface::x11,
role::program, scope::application, uitoolkit::TODO, uitoolkit::athena,
uitoolkit::gtk, x11::application, x11::window-manager
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/i/icewm/icewm_3.3.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 732640
MD5sum: e274efdf002d9e5a6af025f59148ddf2
SHA256: 8b4579c3d6056111156938a2df489021d636caf998275b05c8c8add20de97929