How to Install and Uninstall suckless-tools Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 07,2024

1. Install "suckless-tools" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "suckless-tools" package

Learn how to uninstall suckless-tools on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 suckless-tools package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: suckless-tools
Architecture: amd64
Version: 45-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Ilias Tsitsimpis
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 309
Provides: dmenu, lsw, slock, sprop, sselp, ssid, swarp, tabbed, wmname, xssstate
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.25), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12.6), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libx11-6, libxft2 (>> 2.1.1), libxinerama1, libxrandr2, libxss1, libcap2-bin
Suggests: dwm, stterm, surf
Filename: pool/universe/s/suckless-tools/suckless-tools_45-1_amd64.deb
Size: 52248
MD5sum: 5e35a6b872a45dd869be4a0120d13f19
SHA1: 7607cd0d3dd750cc247f0709a71d2ccf27f0d6d4
SHA256: d6021ef648c7d657af3cdfe4c53e6196d750a68c6bcfa832052d68acf3cd0175
SHA512: 99a6022abe7872051cf882c4489b7fafba02fd9650ea43b4a9485ad3cdfaf08c61a96502be26496b9f23d11e1f28d1bdb8be4853522863a3d78807669fe0dd8d
Homepage: https://www.suckless.org
Description-en: simple commands for minimalistic window managers
This package provides simple commands designed to be used with a minimalistic
window manager like dwm but they can be useful in scripts regardless of the
window manager used.
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* dmenu: Dynamic menu is a generic menu for X.
* lsw: Lists the titles of all running X windows to stdout, similar to ls(1).
* slock: Simple X display locker that locks the X session.
* sprop: Sets or gets X window properties.
* sselp: Simple X selection printer that prints the X selection to stdout.
* ssid: Simple setsid replacement.
* swarp: Simple X warping tool to warp the mouse pointer to a given position.
* tabbed: Simple generic tabbed fronted to xembed aware applications.
* wmname: Prints/sets the window manager name property of the root
window similar to how hostname(1) behaves.
* xssstate: Retrieves the state of X screensaver.
Description-md5: e11fd78969b1085b419db24deb5ec04c