How to Install and Uninstall sway Package on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "sway" package

This is a short guide on how to install sway on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall sway on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                sway
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the sway package on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)

Package: sway
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.7-5
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: 879
Depends: libgl1-mesa-dri, swaybg, polkitd, 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), libpcre2-8-0 (>= 10.22), 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_1.7-5_amd64.deb
Size: 335646
MD5sum: 4394b4aba7217868d200d208f4aeec97
SHA1: 451c471da1989fc8e33c7ce6c7e3836995effc90
SHA256: a31ec09fad8f40400c0b9c06b59fcfec9aa3711232a396639ae6b742b26d7b5d
SHA512: c30bd9a61a396af06c995ddb71fd7f7dac0cc798de31c10645f00e723e29dcbcade6cc1c15d378be8a1a321c8bbbbfad1c3b1b17cf2539ea82a6cf3831dbeaba
Homepage: http://swaywm.org
Description: i3-compatible Wayland compositor
Description-md5: 79878be35b16de04754780f02aa6eb5c