How to Install and Uninstall sway Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "sway" package

Please follow the guidance below to install sway on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: sway
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.9-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Sway and related packages team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 927
Depends: libgl1-mesa-dri, swaybg, polkitd, libc6 (>= 2.34), libcairo2 (>= 1.10.0), libevdev2 (>= 0.9.1), libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 2.31.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libinput10 (>= 1.21.0), libjson-c5 (>= 0.15), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.22.0), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.22.0), libpcre2-8-0 (>= 10.22), libpixman-1-0 (>= 0.25.2), libsystemd0 (>= 243), libudev1 (>= 183), libwayland-client0 (>= 1.21.0), libwayland-cursor0 (>= 1.21.0), libwayland-server0 (>= 1.21.0), libwlroots12 (>= 0.17.0), libxcb-icccm4 (>= 0.4.1), libxcb1, libxkbcommon0 (>= 0.7.0)
Recommends: wmenu, sway-backgrounds, foot
Suggests: swayidle, swaylock, xdg-desktop-portal-wlr, xdg-desktop-portal-gtk
Filename: pool/universe/s/sway/sway_1.9-1_amd64.deb
Size: 351596
MD5sum: 84dc1c9cb18b13dcd1751aa412897bc6
SHA1: 26f052505bcb2e44d745783df0538816693e5d98
SHA256: b78b1e549e407c145c4edb4e3a58bdacda64c20ea7a4c062295522b004135158
SHA512: 3913a35a2a1e95fae200482c76b7c9de8f5e48889e92961b30ffee6927f5538b7f1ccf8859b01decfaabc5a60c026430525aa82d96094881d1a0cdaae6f39e82
Homepage: https://swaywm.org
Description: i3-compatible Wayland compositor
Description-md5: 79878be35b16de04754780f02aa6eb5c