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

Last updated: May 11,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "metacity" package

This guide let you learn how to install metacity on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

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

Package: metacity
Version: 1:3.46.1-1
Installed-Size: 812
Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: metacity-common (<< 1:3.30.0-1~)
Provides: x-window-manager
Depends: gsettings-desktop-schemas (>= 3.3.0), metacity-common (= 1:3.46.1-1), zenity, libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.4), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcairo2 (>= 1.10.0), libcanberra-gtk3-0 (>= 0.25), libcanberra0 (>= 0.2), libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.67.3), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.24.6), libgtop-2.0-11 (>= 2.22.3), libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), libmetacity3 (>= 3.25.1), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libsm6, libstartup-notification0 (>= 0.7), libx11-6 (>= 2:1.4.99.1), libxcomposite1 (>= 1:0.4.5), libxcursor1 (>> 1.1.2), libxdamage1 (>= 1:1.1), libxext6, libxfixes3, libxinerama1 (>= 2:1.1.4), libxpresent1, libxrandr2, libxrender1, libxres1 (>= 2:1.2.1)
Suggests: gnome-control-center (>= 1:3.4.0), xdg-user-dirs
Breaks: metacity-common (<< 1:3.30.0-1~)
Description: lightweight GTK window manager
Description-md5: f151d15465b54378e38e11dff00a05f0
Homepage: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/metacity
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::graphical, interface::x11, role::program,
scope::application, suite::gnome, uitoolkit::gtk, x11::window-manager
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/metacity/metacity_3.46.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 413932
MD5sum: 601931d49f5a161620e3d70b0f69b56c
SHA256: 29aa5867f1ff3728fb2b8c8246835a67995ad5f0ccce7d0e96a0604cbd5fdda4