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

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "wmctrl" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install wmctrl on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Learn how to uninstall wmctrl on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 wmctrl package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: wmctrl
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.07-7build1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jeroen Schot
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 53
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libx11-6, libxmu6
Filename: pool/universe/w/wmctrl/wmctrl_1.07-7build1_amd64.deb
Size: 19984
MD5sum: 91cc1dd0ce99e57ab4782540c923dee6
SHA1: b76cf3e3559af8dc12cc98434cc2e6b764e9f655
SHA256: 43872a53b716c2043e184edf4beedc85e61425ebd941c89cf9912d1ac2cc723c
SHA512: 832ce04958b12b1c5ef0e38f8f412f9f7472136f02e92aa6063161c5bb98bdc061224268fe02953cd0408e1f25d7060e78e62468c5e05996770bc18a6d6e6625
Homepage: http://tomas.styblo.name/wmctrl/
Description-en: control an EWMH/NetWM compatible X Window Manager
Wmctrl is a command line tool to interact with an
EWMH/NetWM compatible X Window Manager (examples include
Enlightenment, icewm, kwin, metacity, and sawfish).
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Wmctrl provides command line access to almost all the features
defined in the EWMH specification. For example it can maximize
windows, make them sticky, set them to be always on top. It can
switch and resize desktops and perform many other useful
operations.
Description-md5: d7813ae91d5041816b91b694fdf32050
Task: ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi