How to Install and Uninstall awesome Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: May 11,2024

1. Install "awesome" package

This is a short guide on how to install awesome on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall awesome on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                awesome
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the awesome package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: awesome
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.3-4
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Reiner Herrmann
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2915
Provides: notification-daemon, x-window-manager
Depends: default-dbus-session-bus | dbus-session-bus, gir1.2-freedesktop, gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0, gir1.2-glib-2.0, gir1.2-pango-1.0, libcairo-gobject2, lua-lgi (>= 0.9.2), menu, libc6 (>= 2.14), libcairo2 (>= 1.12.0), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.30.0), liblua5.3-0, libstartup-notification0 (>= 0.10), libx11-6, libxcb-cursor0 (>= 0.0.99), libxcb-icccm4 (>= 0.4.1), libxcb-keysyms1 (>= 0.4.0), libxcb-randr0 (>= 1.12), libxcb-shape0, libxcb-util1 (>= 0.4.0), libxcb-xinerama0, libxcb-xkb1, libxcb-xrm0 (>= 0.0.0), libxcb-xtest0, libxcb1 (>= 1.6), libxdg-basedir1, libxkbcommon-x11-0 (>= 0.5.0), libxkbcommon0 (>= 0.5.0)
Recommends: feh, rlwrap, x11-xserver-utils, awesome-extra, gir1.2-gtk-3.0
Suggests: awesome-doc
Filename: pool/universe/a/awesome/awesome_4.3-4_amd64.deb
Size: 944372
MD5sum: 71632584a62977fa1705b0bbe31de19e
SHA1: d41b2995beb030d7bb2c3edcd6ac1a7d0df77c20
SHA256: febdb68b1fdbdf3b43c055799d2e4cacb2fffa5f5b5e6fb5b882065061a96423
Homepage: https://awesomewm.org/
Description: highly configurable X window manager
Description-md5: 692af96918d4ae3a55f215394ce2421a