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

Last updated: January 24,2025

1. Install "openbox" package

Please follow the steps below to install openbox on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall openbox on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: openbox
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.6.1-1ubuntu2.1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Mateusz Łukasik
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1178
Provides: x-session-manager, x-window-manager
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.35.9), libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), libobrender32 (>= 3.6.0), libobt2 (>= 3.6.0), libsm6, libstartup-notification0 (>= 0.7), libx11-6, libxau6, libxcursor1 (>> 1.1.2), libxext6, libxi6 (>= 2:1.2.99.4), libxinerama1, libxrandr2
Recommends: obconf, python-xdg | obsession, scrot
Suggests: menu, fonts-dejavu, python, libxml2-dev, tint2, openbox-menu, openbox-gnome-session (= 3.6.1-1ubuntu2.1), openbox-kde-session (= 3.6.1-1ubuntu2.1)
Breaks: menu (<< 2.1.12)
Filename: pool/universe/o/openbox/openbox_3.6.1-1ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb
Size: 265676
MD5sum: 8855c08306fb15ab64c18bde1e08bace
SHA1: a5aecc4af26a7d2b253e54ed48a01e4fe1ece400
SHA256: 4938a9813c3fbc5ab74d60cf0c2c737fc4da0b84d0fee3aa355fec595845b0a1
SHA512: 52325b52d705d8f786014d9e532ed692109e1a468cdefb548076fd4c9c6e06ae770afae05656e59840fa41e8fe00b10a9bc6e0833eee53dffeff9ea22f892dae
Homepage: http://www.openbox.org
Description-en: standards-compliant, fast, light-weight and extensible window manager
Openbox works with your applications, and makes your desktop easier to manage.
This is because the approach to its development was the opposite of what seems
to be the general case for window managers. Openbox was written first to
comply with standards and to work properly. Only when that was in place did
the team turn to the visual interface.
.
Openbox is fully functional as a stand-alone working environment, or can be
used as a drop-in replacement for the default window manager in the GNOME or
KDE desktop environments.
.
Openbox 3 is a completely new breed of window manager. It is not based upon
any existing code base, although the visual appearance has been based upon
that of Blackbox. Openbox 2 was based on the Blackbox 0.65.0 codebase.
.
Some of the things to look for in Openbox are:
.
* ICCCM and EWMH compliance!
* Very fast
* Chainable key bindings
* Customizable mouse actions
* Window resistance
* Multi-head Xinerama support!
* Pipe menus
Description-md5: a149da1397ca2f3f11e63c95dce5ef4d
Task: lubuntu-core
Supported: 3y

Package: openbox
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Installed-Size: 1182
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Mateusz Łukasik
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.6.1-1ubuntu2
Provides: x-session-manager, x-window-manager
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.35.9), libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), libobrender32 (>= 3.6.0), libobt2 (>= 3.6.0), libsm6, libstartup-notification0 (>= 0.7), libx11-6, libxau6, libxext6, libxi6 (>= 2:1.2.99.4), libxinerama1, libxrandr2
Recommends: obconf, python-xdg | obsession, scrot
Suggests: menu, fonts-dejavu, python, libxml2-dev, tint2, openbox-menu, openbox-gnome-session (= 3.6.1-1ubuntu2), openbox-kde-session (= 3.6.1-1ubuntu2)
Breaks: menu (<< 2.1.12)
Filename: pool/universe/o/openbox/openbox_3.6.1-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 266066
MD5sum: f08107cb990860b7883811673f0ba6e3
SHA1: 8473711591b5975a89c6242c7fef0483ac0d887f
SHA256: de4301b4dc1b3d75ed4b4331d2fa6965366676e7ff398990e71dfd455e608cc8
Description-en: standards-compliant, fast, light-weight and extensible window manager
Openbox works with your applications, and makes your desktop easier to manage.
This is because the approach to its development was the opposite of what seems
to be the general case for window managers. Openbox was written first to
comply with standards and to work properly. Only when that was in place did
the team turn to the visual interface.
.
Openbox is fully functional as a stand-alone working environment, or can be
used as a drop-in replacement for the default window manager in the GNOME or
KDE desktop environments.
.
Openbox 3 is a completely new breed of window manager. It is not based upon
any existing code base, although the visual appearance has been based upon
that of Blackbox. Openbox 2 was based on the Blackbox 0.65.0 codebase.
.
Some of the things to look for in Openbox are:
.
* ICCCM and EWMH compliance!
* Very fast
* Chainable key bindings
* Customizable mouse actions
* Window resistance
* Multi-head Xinerama support!
* Pipe menus
Description-md5: a149da1397ca2f3f11e63c95dce5ef4d
Homepage: http://www.openbox.org
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 3y
Task: lubuntu-core