How to Install and Uninstall kwin-wayland Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "kwin-wayland" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install kwin-wayland on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "kwin-wayland" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall kwin-wayland on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the kwin-wayland package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: kwin-wayland
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4:5.12.9.1-0ubuntu0.1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/kde
Source: kwin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian/Kubuntu Qt/KDE Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 607
Provides: kwin
Depends: kwayland-integration, kwin-common (= 4:5.12.9.1-0ubuntu0.1), kwin-wayland-backend-drm (= 4:5.12.9.1-0ubuntu0.1) | kwin-wayland-backend, qtwayland5, xwayland, libc6 (>= 2.14), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libepoxy0 (>= 1.0), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12), libfreetype6 (>= 2.6), libkf5coreaddons5 (>= 5.2.0), libkf5i18n5 (>= 4.97.0), libkf5idletime5 (>= 5.13.0), libkf5quickaddons5 (>= 5.26.0), libkf5waylandclient5 (>= 4:5.5.0), libkf5waylandserver5 (>= 4:5.1.1+git20141128.0009), libkf5windowsystem5 (>= 5.7.0+git20150224.0052+15.04), libkwineffects11 (>= 4:5.1.95+git20150122), libqt5core5a (>= 5.9.0~beta), libqt5dbus5 (>= 5.6.1~), libqt5gui5 (>= 5.9.4), libqt5widgets5 (>= 5.6.1~), libstdc++6 (>= 5), libwayland-egl1 (>= 1.15.0), libxcb1, qtbase-abi-5-9-5
Breaks: kwin (<< 4:5.3.2+git20150715), kwin-common (<< 4:5.8.3), plasma-workspace-wayland (<< 4:5.8)
Replaces: kwin (<< 4:5.3.2+git20150715), kwin-common (<< 4:5.8.3)
Filename: pool/universe/k/kwin/kwin-wayland_5.12.9.1-0ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb
Size: 162028
MD5sum: 189d0b11dc7d7797412a880931619196
SHA1: f2e0fc7d3ce94ee2da6c0de0af0bce6213984d06
SHA256: 1cda09054578e99bccc0d0d128ca744a319eecb095a72853e6f6a8e8c0343272
SHA512: c8aa4157bb645d1c0cc6e8290dcf80cd83ab503c617e1d29e76f8ff1bd282fa2032e3c9c91fdf6e46890306faadf1a145a64027fcde937889b0208158a6b8705
Homepage: https://projects.kde.org/projects/kde/workspace/kwin
Description: KDE window manager, wayland version
Description-md5: ed95a1760e65a42042e7cb0c9f3133f5

Package: kwin-wayland
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4:5.12.4-0ubuntu2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/kde
Source: kwin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian/Kubuntu Qt/KDE Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 606
Provides: kwin
Depends: kwayland-integration, kwin-common (= 4:5.12.4-0ubuntu2), kwin-wayland-backend-drm (= 4:5.12.4-0ubuntu2) | kwin-wayland-backend, qtwayland5, xwayland, libc6 (>= 2.14), libepoxy0 (>= 1.0), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12), libfreetype6 (>= 2.6), libkf5coreaddons5 (>= 5.2.0), libkf5i18n5 (>= 4.97.0), libkf5idletime5 (>= 5.13.0), libkf5quickaddons5 (>= 5.26.0), libkf5waylandclient5 (>= 4:5.5.0), libkf5waylandserver5 (>= 4:5.1.1+git20141128.0009), libkf5windowsystem5 (>= 5.7.0+git20150224.0052+15.04), libkwineffects11 (>= 4:5.1.95+git20150122), libqt5core5a (>= 5.9.0~beta), libqt5dbus5 (>= 5.6.1~), libqt5gui5 (>= 5.9.4), libqt5widgets5 (>= 5.6.1~), libstdc++6 (>= 5), libwayland-egl1-mesa (>= 10.0.2) | libwayland-egl1, libxcb1, qtbase-abi-5-9-5
Breaks: kwin (<< 4:5.3.2+git20150715), kwin-common (<< 4:5.8.3), plasma-workspace-wayland (<< 4:5.8)
Replaces: kwin (<< 4:5.3.2+git20150715), kwin-common (<< 4:5.8.3)
Filename: pool/universe/k/kwin/kwin-wayland_5.12.4-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 161624
MD5sum: a97509a82b0ca0392264195bcf2311a8
SHA1: 915ba95e06ad6e0d21ed104115a22d8a8017ac7e
SHA256: d4348d35e5a1745d862b82363071f47bf48f552b8d1ef5086152286e8ab5df7c
Homepage: https://projects.kde.org/projects/kde/workspace/kwin
Description: KDE window manager, wayland version
Description-md5: ed95a1760e65a42042e7cb0c9f3133f5