How to Install and Uninstall icewm-experimental Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "icewm-experimental" package

This tutorial shows how to install icewm-experimental on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                icewm-experimental
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "icewm-experimental" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall icewm-experimental on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: icewm-experimental
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Installed-Size: 33
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Eduard Bloch
Architecture: amd64
Source: icewm
Version: 1.3.8+githubmod+20150914+fa3fdef-2
Provides: x-window-manager
Depends: icewm (= 1.3.8+githubmod+20150914+fa3fdef-2), icewm-common (= 1.3.8+githubmod+20150914+fa3fdef-2)
Filename: pool/universe/i/icewm/icewm-experimental_1.3.8+githubmod+20150914+fa3fdef-2_amd64.deb
Size: 2324
MD5sum: c342ff6c2b2a347ceffcd63dc933f16b
SHA1: 91c7bb314cf2b77a168b73f167c97606e08577cb
SHA256: 4afeb91323cb906a78bf8851d4de21267e869d613c2ecf5c9d734ed0594e3e48
Description-en: wonderful Win95-OS/2-Motif-like window manager
IceWm is a Window Manager for X Window System. It is fast and
memory-efficient, and it provides many different looks including Windows'95,
OS/2 Warp 3,4, Motif. It tries to take the best features of the above
systems. Additional features include multiple workspaces, opaque move/resize,
task bar, window list, mailbox status, digital clock.
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This package sometimes provides special IceWm versions with experimental
features enabled. When the configurations of the packages do not diverge
it simply enforces an upgrade to the current icewm package.
Description-md5: ec685794b2bb6d5bbba1bcb89d2c3080
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu