How to Install and Uninstall sway Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "sway" package

Learn how to install sway on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall sway on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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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 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: sway
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.8.1-2
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: 904
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 (>= 1.21.0), 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 (>= 1.20.92), libwlroots11 (>= 0.16.0), libxcb-icccm4 (>= 0.4.1), libxcb1, libxkbcommon0 (>= 0.7.0)
Recommends: suckless-tools, sway-backgrounds, foot
Suggests: swayidle, swaylock, xdg-desktop-portal-wlr
Filename: pool/universe/s/sway/sway_1.8.1-2_amd64.deb
Size: 345356
MD5sum: ce14d908f5d8d362490bbfe887835438
SHA1: 853149e9ddd871a422cf8e118cfde04193f97787
SHA256: 0a35698c46fc7f1fbc204da5a203eca7ae3f3205972ea902532032964d30d173
SHA512: 3703fe5c5c9d1f00492f859cb48a755781ccec12656c242ba0304ab6e97904bcc95bbfcde06f4f390079ba6a67a6c9418546b6f466626f88852a388f63ec8c34
Homepage: https://swaywm.org
Description: i3-compatible Wayland compositor
Description-md5: 79878be35b16de04754780f02aa6eb5c