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

Last updated: December 24,2024

You can also install and uninstall the xwayland 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 "xwayland" package

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


    
        
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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 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: xwayland
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:22.1.1-1ubuntu0.11
Priority: optional
Section: x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2276
Depends: xserver-common, libc6 (>= 2.35), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.75), libepoxy0 (>= 1.5.4), libgbm1 (>= 17.1.0~rc2), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.9.0), libgl1, libpixman-1-0 (>= 0.30.0), libtirpc3 (>= 1.0.2), libwayland-client0 (>= 1.20.0), libxau6 (>= 1:1.0.9), libxcvt0 (>= 0.1.0), libxdmcp6, libxfont2 (>= 1:2.0.1), libxshmfence1
Filename: pool/main/x/xwayland/xwayland_22.1.1-1ubuntu0.11_amd64.deb
Size: 933510
MD5sum: da18705e47c693e807237815b35882a7
SHA1: fde74ff83cff03088bb75b971aeb96c5910f7a63
SHA256: 5445d4b199bfd7f76e7660d22322b4b6319a251751884e0c0fdd94dcfe7794a3
SHA512: 69c69388b0f9577491f0b669cd9e83525d540d1d227b036546825db76b612bcda17cc0dd4215abbb8d3d22488c3944936a76d3e174d015f5b7f902c9d2756ccf
Homepage: https://www.x.org/
Description: X server for running X clients under Wayland
Description-md5: 46119f00e9401992b76d381dca9d3438
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop

Package: xwayland
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:22.1.1-1
Priority: optional
Section: x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2270
Depends: xserver-common, libc6 (>= 2.35), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.75), libepoxy0 (>= 1.5.4), libgbm1 (>= 21.1.0), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.9.0), libgl1, libpixman-1-0 (>= 0.30.0), libtirpc3 (>= 1.0.2), libwayland-client0 (>= 1.20.0), libxau6 (>= 1:1.0.9), libxcvt0 (>= 0.1.0), libxdmcp6, libxfont2 (>= 1:2.0.1), libxshmfence1
Filename: pool/main/x/xwayland/xwayland_22.1.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 931350
MD5sum: 3c8c3ebc9d6565994bdcc7e944536b34
SHA1: 8e92a64319e69407a4fb81f119158f4899ae6707
SHA256: 8e19ac6c5f384de6560073a2da970b6134886eab0591457566b45c954293a232
SHA512: 09cefaa161679ffceeac92edd9de8e3e0b9874bebf13e81f4121fd0cb90d5aa02e367233f1da46bbb35884f73a14ccb72b4d98888268fde77b962509ebcd4722
Homepage: https://www.x.org/
Description: X server for running X clients under Wayland
Description-md5: 46119f00e9401992b76d381dca9d3438
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop