How to Install and Uninstall sway Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: December 26,2024

1. Install "sway" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install sway on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall sway on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                sway
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the sway package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: sway
Version: 1.5-7
Installed-Size: 840
Maintainer: Sway and related packages team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libgl1-mesa-dri, swaybg, policykit-1, libc6 (>= 2.28), libcairo2 (>= 1.10.0), libevdev2 (>= 0.9.1), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.31.1), libgles2, libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libinput10 (>= 1.6.0), libjson-c5 (>= 0.15), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.22.0), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.22.0), libpcre3, libpixman-1-0 (>= 0.25.2), libsystemd0 (>= 243), libwayland-client0 (>= 1.9.91), libwayland-cursor0 (>= 1.0.2), libwayland-server0 (>= 1.14.91), libwlroots6 (>= 0.11.0), libxcb1, libxkbcommon0 (>= 0.7.0)
Recommends: suckless-tools, sway-backgrounds, foot
Suggests: swayidle, swaylock, xdg-desktop-portal-wlr
Description: i3-compatible Wayland compositor
Description-md5: 79878be35b16de04754780f02aa6eb5c
Homepage: http://swaywm.org
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/sway/sway_1.5-7_amd64.deb
Size: 297200
MD5sum: 928c117132bd5b09b22720d7e1546157
SHA256: 378a5d9ecd4f55c6a88776aeeca568c078ddae0d3f6a95fcf4ef8aa2eeede04d