How to Install and Uninstall kwin Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 07,2024

1. Install "kwin" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install kwin on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall kwin on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                kwin
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the kwin package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: kwin
Architecture: all
Version: 4:5.19.5-0ubuntu1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
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
Filename: pool/universe/k/kwin/kwin_5.19.5-0ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 5768
MD5sum: d5cfd15043abbfc58c8b380374aab4ae
SHA1: 1d0317dddd63dc09461d3b1d2d351aa7a58f0609
SHA256: c65c1da0bfd213ef45ecfd6d246bc77502e3a29bfdf7a9dd2066cca0662bf300
SHA512: f357aeba679d64f1425f7dbf19b95678e869205e9dcf6db898e98cfd0c4397b043071c00d99bb5881a39a7694c8e500d655b6f5deaf72d5b39ad057d4745be86
Homepage: https://projects.kde.org/projects/kde/workspace/kwin
Description-en: Transitional dummy for kwin-x11
This package is a transitional dummy to depend on the renamed kwin-x11 and
can be removed.
Description-md5: 7a69a2f0b21743c9e512506f20c5efb1