How to Install and Uninstall choosewm Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "choosewm" package

This tutorial shows how to install choosewm on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Learn how to uninstall choosewm on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                choosewm
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the choosewm package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: choosewm
Priority: extra
Section: universe/x11
Installed-Size: 108
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bernhard R. Link
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.1.6-3
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.8), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.18.0)
Recommends: menu
Filename: pool/universe/c/choosewm/choosewm_0.1.6-3_amd64.deb
Size: 19362
MD5sum: a97e1c066ff2a5a671c77266ae485637
SHA1: 99caff8d43b2c7013424a88a5e480a662e4a08e1
SHA256: 334284029162bb64f8347df400c0309b5d505bd4e9459cc01baa520fcf7f64ac
Description-en: fake x-session-manager allowing the user to choose a wm
When installed, this package installs a x-session-manager alternative
allowing the user to choose the window manager. The list is taken
by default from everything installing a window manager option in
the Debian menu system, but the administrator or user can add or
remove items via config files.
Description-md5: 5d4a8a3c642e6f0000954d0e0dd4bed2
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu