How to Install and Uninstall weston Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "weston" package

This is a short guide on how to install weston 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 "weston" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall weston on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: weston
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.0.0-1
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: 3401
Depends: adduser, libegl1-mesa (>= 8.0-2) | libegl1-x11, libwayland-egl1-mesa (>= 10.1.0-2) | libwayland-egl1, libgles2-mesa (>= 8.0-2) | libgles2, libc6 (>= 2.17), libcairo2 (>= 1.10.0), libcolord2 (>= 0.1.29), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.3), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.31.8), libinput10 (>= 0.15.0), libjpeg8 (>= 8c), liblcms2-2 (>= 2.2+git20110628), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libpixman-1-0 (>= 0.30.0), libpng16-16 (>= 1.6.2-1), libsystemd0, libwayland-client0 (>= 1.11.91), libwayland-cursor0 (>= 1.11.91), libwayland-server0 (>= 1.11.91), libweston-3-0 (>= 3.0.0), libxkbcommon0 (>= 0.5.0)
Recommends: libgl1-mesa-dri
Filename: pool/universe/w/weston/weston_3.0.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 741160
MD5sum: 44e874c0b7254013a42febaea230b07c
SHA1: f3e317d4c2df2a45d708923933d68f83d4a197b7
SHA256: 04f197e501afea630c4e609ab2387fe89abde43683706bdbe4f0bb84c7738f27
Homepage: http://wayland.freedesktop.org/
Description: reference implementation of a wayland compositor
Description-md5: a6199b5b4d9e6a3de92c2ec580664e79