How to Install and Uninstall i3-wm Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "i3-wm" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install i3-wm on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall i3-wm on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                i3-wm
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the i3-wm package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: i3-wm
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.23-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian i3 maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2554
Provides: x-window-manager
Depends: dex, i3status, libc6 (>= 2.38), libcairo2 (>= 1.10.0), libev4 (>= 1:4.04), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.52.0), 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
Filename: pool/universe/i/i3-wm/i3-wm_4.23-1_amd64.deb
Size: 969110
MD5sum: 120b4958ed4ad5036d72efcf60bc222f
SHA1: d2dd43b1a63d47e0cd30448fe60e93fddcff1578
SHA256: f01b0a04e77294de102f58f358c32f09b601b35bc96065be67e19933c6987b0c
SHA512: 767f89c4789fbff175792d970287bf2af7b99dd53bcd8eee8c2e28fe68d0fa7c50ce2fb9d5346fa62ca2bc13a8cbbb95d0a14b742038d13675d3bd69ee5c9927
Homepage: https://i3wm.org/
Description: improved dynamic tiling window manager
Description-md5: 2be7e62f455351435b1e055745d3e81c