How to Install and Uninstall kde-window-manager Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "kde-window-manager" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install kde-window-manager on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install kde-window-manager

2. Uninstall "kde-window-manager" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall kde-window-manager on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):

$ sudo apt remove kde-window-manager $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the kde-window-manager package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: kde-window-manager
Architecture: all
Version: 4:5.19.5-0ubuntu1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/oldlibs
Source: kwin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian/Kubuntu Qt/KDE Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 36
Depends: kwin-x11 (>= 4:5.3.2-4~)
Filename: pool/universe/k/kwin/kde-window-manager_5.19.5-0ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 5852
MD5sum: dffd928495468085f2b892e138ae1a2d
SHA1: da990563333e0f4cb6d5169c71beb68e88753396
SHA256: 29122d6c23ce95b8982e2a2ae829e93c7601a1a903f29d77933709872dad7451
SHA512: 13e2c8d50dc3745dc7074843c233eb39181ad4ded4ac8565cbae26a5b01bceb2381a52576666241ac4158399215316590c69fcf43b667b2e524dd4c282ffccb5
Homepage: https://projects.kde.org/projects/kde/workspace/kwin
Description-en: transitional package for kwin-x11
This transitional package allows one to migrate to the packages providing
the X11 version of the KDE window manager.
.
It can be safely removed after the installation.
Description-md5: e67011e711b5bf92533b5eee72850124