How to Install and Uninstall xdg-desktop-portal-wlr Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: May 15,2024

You can also install and uninstall the xdg-desktop-portal-wlr 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 "xdg-desktop-portal-wlr" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install xdg-desktop-portal-wlr 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 "xdg-desktop-portal-wlr" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall xdg-desktop-portal-wlr 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 xdg-desktop-portal-wlr package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: xdg-desktop-portal-wlr
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.5.0-3
Multi-Arch: foreign
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: 107
Provides: xdg-desktop-portal-backend
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libinih1 (>= 40), libpipewire-0.3-0 (>= 0.3.1), libsystemd0 (>= 243), libwayland-client0 (>= 1.20.0), xdg-desktop-portal, pipewire
Filename: pool/universe/x/xdg-desktop-portal-wlr/xdg-desktop-portal-wlr_0.5.0-3_amd64.deb
Size: 33642
MD5sum: d6f59905d949acf528a031c19e8fca8e
SHA1: 6e5092b27b6414bc52e34d9a41500d322d443bf0
SHA256: 2665507d47454ceba7fbb8d7c2bb0f20f2ca7ccd079c02a3fd2675d36662dc00
SHA512: 3d5fed993d9fa73ae519a53e9e80a9dd62883ea3601ca612a3e6801b596ed2b459d84b61d0818b8171d8f85107106028f8dc328b6553cfcf50768d86b2bf64d3
Homepage: https://github.com/emersion/xdg-desktop-portal-wlr
Description: xdg-desktop-portal backend for wlroots
Description-md5: 141dbaf309d78ef931459d7ea4b29b35