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

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "xwayland" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install xwayland on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall xwayland on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


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

Package: xwayland
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:21.1.2-0ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2238
Depends: xserver-common, libc6 (>= 2.33), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.75), libepoxy0 (>= 1.5.4), libgbm1 (>= 17.1.0~rc2), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.8.0), libgl1, libpixman-1-0 (>= 0.30.0), libtirpc3 (>= 1.0.2), libwayland-client0 (>= 1.9.91), libxau6 (>= 1:1.0.9), libxdmcp6, libxfont2 (>= 1:2.0.1), libxshmfence1
Filename: pool/main/x/xwayland/xwayland_21.1.2-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 916708
MD5sum: e35dc86cf286a919ff659ecf2bcfbea5
SHA1: 40eeedb7d3aceb93a8ad075186ea280f92a5dede
SHA256: 74269bfac9ec4354cc69714be63ad38351e5b20c557c3704a2647b7f844d28f3
SHA512: ab1f0ccb4cbf014078317189b60d7754868e58c32702e5da0575da337788ceee4edfb14d5f4ab284ec4caa67d1bff1728760c0259276a9c8978ac83e62855a25
Homepage: https://www.x.org/
Description-en: Xwayland X server
This package provides an X server running on top of wayland, using wayland
input devices for input and forwarding either the root window or individual
top-level windows as wayland surfaces.
Description-md5: 51bce0b4032e401f533c80a4cb12a569
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full