How to Install and Uninstall rofi Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "rofi" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install rofi on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt install
            
                        
                rofi
            
                    
    
    Copied

2. Uninstall "rofi" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall rofi on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                rofi
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
    Copied

3. Information about the rofi package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: rofi
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.5.4-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jason Pleau
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 557
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.27), libcairo2 (>= 1.6.4-5~), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.35.9), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.22.0), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.22.0), librsvg2-2 (>= 2.14.4), libstartup-notification0 (>= 0.11), libxcb-ewmh2 (>= 0.4.1), libxcb-icccm4 (>= 0.4.1), libxcb-randr0 (>= 1.12), libxcb-util1 (>= 0.4.0), libxcb-xinerama0, libxcb-xkb1, libxcb-xrm0 (>= 0.0.0), libxcb1, libxkbcommon-x11-0 (>= 0.5.0), libxkbcommon0 (>= 0.7.0)
Filename: pool/universe/r/rofi/rofi_1.5.4-1_amd64.deb
Size: 174272
MD5sum: 6049f4cdbe8b51b9966d6866cae31915
SHA1: 55cdd99fab6d67909cb24fb1841134bb28db4b34
SHA256: bc64dec2739af7c9a32eba85d8af80e3c3ed1e9b42569aa2b16be63b2c627b44
SHA512: 1322aa47e4a8f84b3da9a0c256852d6afc738bd255be982b4d6611e2c05fd064cac273631a2adaa6b01a50ad8c7327f2788a6656229a64b2cade7e555253e03b
Homepage: https://github.com/DaveDavenport/rofi/
Description-en: window switcher, run dialog and dmenu replacement
rofi can act as an application launcher, window switcher, ssh launcher and
dmenu replacement.
.
Included features:
* Full (configurable) keyboard navigation
* Type to filter
+ Tokenized: Type any word in any order to filter
+ Case insensitive
* UTF-8 enabled
+ UTF-8 aware string collating
+ intl. keyboard support (`e -> è)
* Pango font rendering
* RTL language support
* Window Switcher
+ I3 support (requires i3-wm to be installed)
+ EWMH compatible WM
* Run dialog
* Desktop File Run dialog
* SSH launcher
* History based ordering based on use. (optional)
* Levenshtein distance ordering of matches. (optional)
* Drop in dmenu replacement (with many added improvements).
* Can be easily extended using scripts.
Description-md5: c0d0d93f1b0ffed577d4a229e51f1bf1
Task: ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop