How to Install and Uninstall xfwm4 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 06,2024

You can also install and uninstall the xfwm4 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "xfwm4" package

This tutorial shows how to install xfwm4 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "xfwm4" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall xfwm4 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 xfwm4 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: xfwm4
Version: 4.18.0-1
Installed-Size: 2956
Maintainer: Debian Xfce Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Provides: x-window-manager
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libepoxy0 (>= 1.5.2), libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 2.25.2), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.21.5), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libstartup-notification0 (>= 0.7), libwnck-3-0 (>= 2.91.6), libx11-6 (>= 2:1.2.99.901), libxcomposite1 (>= 1:0.4.5), libxdamage1 (>= 1:1.1), libxext6 (>= 2:1.3.0), libxfce4ui-2-0 (>= 4.11.0), libxfce4util7 (>= 4.9.0), libxfconf-0-3 (>= 4.6.0), libxfixes3 (>= 1:4.0.1), libxinerama1 (>= 2:1.1.4), libxpresent1, libxrandr2 (>= 2:1.2.99.3), libxrender1, libxres1 (>= 2:1.2.1)
Recommends: librsvg2-common
Suggests: xfce4
Description: window manager of the Xfce project
Description-md5: 5e21d788349ef4b83df2c616d884f233
Homepage: https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfwm4/start
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::daemon, interface::graphical,
interface::x11, role::program, suite::xfce, uitoolkit::gtk,
x11::window-manager
Section: xfce
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/x/xfwm4/xfwm4_4.18.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 472724
MD5sum: 0589ce246dea06c36459efbb830e4207
SHA256: f5ae4d07eea90e5bcb0b757ee3a71b550afa3b3bbc051610c8bea96ec0c6294c