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

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "sway" package

This tutorial shows how to install sway on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall sway on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                sway
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the sway package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: sway
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.5.1-2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Sway and related packages team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 861
Depends: libgl1-mesa-dri, swaybg, policykit-1, libc6 (>= 2.33), libcairo2 (>= 1.10.0), libevdev2 (>= 0.9.1), libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 2.31.1), libgles2, libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libinput10 (>= 1.6.0), libjson-c5 (>= 0.15), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.22.0), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.22.0), libpcre3, libpixman-1-0 (>= 0.25.2), libsystemd0 (>= 243), libwayland-client0 (>= 1.9.91), libwayland-cursor0 (>= 1.0.2), libwayland-server0 (>= 1.14.91), libwlroots7 (>= 0.12.0), libxcb1, libxkbcommon0 (>= 0.7.0)
Recommends: suckless-tools, sway-backgrounds, foot
Suggests: swayidle, swaylock, xdg-desktop-portal-wlr
Filename: pool/universe/s/sway/sway_1.5.1-2_amd64.deb
Size: 295132
MD5sum: 60f1194259a5b6ee203f8f463e6a2443
SHA1: 1cf5388202d6303e1be6692565ba1f4975c7df3c
SHA256: 5cdd9ce65acde6e9df4e92d4bbda5d96c7c281fa0acc2946735fff9882aaa922
SHA512: c589a0a0efcb92d3f45fa1fd910caa688db46312a76a6ee86136fe306c8533d53d23bd5ddb04dec5fad4995387d559fdcc27a753fc4e6d89a332a7d573a6d4eb
Homepage: http://swaywm.org
Description-en: i3-compatible Wayland compositor
sway (SirCmpwn's Wayland compositor) is a tiling Wayland compositor and a
drop-in replacement for the i3 window manager for X11. It works with your
existing i3 configuration and supports most of i3's features, plus a few
extras. This means it is a minimalist, tiling window manager.
Description-md5: 79878be35b16de04754780f02aa6eb5c