How to Install and Uninstall sway Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: May 08,2024

You can also install and uninstall the sway on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "sway" package

This tutorial shows how to install sway on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall sway on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 sway package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: sway
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.7-1
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: 883
Depends: libgl1-mesa-dri, swaybg, policykit-1, libc6 (>= 2.34), 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), libudev1 (>= 183), libwayland-client0 (>= 1.20.0), libwayland-cursor0 (>= 1.20.0), libwayland-server0 (>= 1.20.0), libwlroots10 (>= 0.15.0), libxcb1, libxkbcommon0 (>= 0.7.0)
Recommends: suckless-tools, sway-backgrounds, foot
Suggests: swayidle, swaylock, xdg-desktop-portal-wlr
Filename: pool/universe/s/sway/sway_1.7-1_amd64.deb
Size: 340802
MD5sum: 8bf8b761c0ec3fa0133a4e6f7db35a96
SHA1: b68a154727ad34ecef95039f6d7d236d45382ec8
SHA256: ee25052f31a61226c87fb03e1693d157db075c04b2590114ac5c0d26a9403f25
SHA512: 296dd53876bffccdcc2559151359cdb4ca51984ad06581450533439291938d93e67f763d67bbfb91d2ec4c32c6e9d4908b8ed518a67d8896986a3206f6e2e9d9
Homepage: http://swaywm.org
Description: i3-compatible Wayland compositor
Description-md5: 79878be35b16de04754780f02aa6eb5c