How to Install and Uninstall i3-wm Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "i3-wm" package

Please follow the steps below to install i3-wm on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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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 step by step instructions below to uninstall i3-wm on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: i3-wm
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.14.1-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Michael Stapelberg
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1934
Provides: x-window-manager
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libcairo2 (>= 1.14.4), libev4 (>= 1:4.04), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.22.0), libpcre3, libstartup-notification0 (>= 0.10), libxcb-cursor0 (>= 0.0.99), libxcb-icccm4 (>= 0.4.1), libxcb-keysyms1 (>= 0.4.0), libxcb-randr0 (>= 1.12), 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, x11-utils
Recommends: xfonts-base, fonts-dejavu-core, libanyevent-i3-perl (>= 0.12), libjson-xs-perl, rxvt-unicode | x-terminal-emulator
Filename: pool/universe/i/i3-wm/i3-wm_4.14.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 654520
MD5sum: 2ae9ea31feb5fc70ef1006f33368b33e
SHA1: 7debd3516d8a9820ae8c7fa9423b3419a768e5cf
SHA256: da9c462d054ac8d8d3b8aa4333359ec210e8455e2858c3be8364c4442cb1d2db
Homepage: https://i3wm.org/
Description: improved dynamic tiling window manager
Description-md5: 2be7e62f455351435b1e055745d3e81c