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

Last updated: November 21,2024

1. Install "weston" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install weston on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall weston on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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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 weston package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: weston
Architecture: amd64
Version: 13.0.0-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 4810
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.38), libcairo2 (>= 1.10.0), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.108), libegl1, libevdev2 (>= 0.9.1), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12.6), libgbm1 (>= 21.3.0~rc1), libgles2, libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libinput10 (>= 1.4.0), libjpeg8 (>= 8c), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.22.0), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.22.0), libpixman-1-0 (>= 0.30.0), libpng16-16 (>= 1.6.2), libsystemd0, libudev1 (>= 183), libwayland-client0 (>= 1.22.0), libwayland-cursor0 (>= 1.22.0), libwayland-egl1 (>= 1.22.0), libwayland-server0 (>= 1.22.0), libwebp7 (>= 1.3.2), libweston-13-0 (>= 13.0.0), libxkbcommon0 (>= 0.5.0)
Recommends: libgl1-mesa-dri
Suggests: wayland-utils
Conflicts: libweston-8-dev
Breaks: libweston-8-dev
Replaces: libweston-8-dev
Filename: pool/universe/w/weston/weston_13.0.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 952672
MD5sum: f771be47d8468cbd3e3d468c10b3959b
SHA1: 18df698865f22e3abfe836e263fdbd5c8704bf74
SHA256: cbc9e8f0349094619bd5e01ab15206a9467ed9125e8b6bdb2c9e526910d9d3b9
SHA512: fd5993df1571993e00fddd802520edc8f7356ed7d7ce29633296790ad6c337df54de5fe73a185c0d596a807b501d261835e889871154b1cf09de2aa63b5ffcba
Homepage: https://wayland.freedesktop.org/
Description: reference implementation of a wayland compositor
Description-md5: a6199b5b4d9e6a3de92c2ec580664e79