How to Install and Uninstall suckless-tools Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 07,2024

1. Install "suckless-tools" package

This guide let you learn how to install suckless-tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "suckless-tools" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall suckless-tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: suckless-tools
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Installed-Size: 255
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Ilias Tsitsimpis
Architecture: amd64
Version: 42-1
Provides: dmenu, lsw, lsx, slock, sprop, sselp, ssid, swarp, tabbed, wmname, xssstate
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.9.0), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libx11-6, libxft2 (>> 2.1.1), libxinerama1, libxrandr2, libxss1, libcap2-bin
Suggests: dwm, stterm, surf
Filename: pool/universe/s/suckless-tools/suckless-tools_42-1_amd64.deb
Size: 52622
MD5sum: 679bb6b304ca2f8b0182bd95f29f5b4c
SHA1: 64665f85c5681ff171791fbe001c7bbdf36dad48
SHA256: a3b0938eafc202a061b0f9d6930ebb64760c2e211ad928f819d6576f36aa96b7
Description-en: simple commands for minimalistic window managers
This package provides simple commands designed to be used with a minimalistic
window manager like dwm but they can be useful in scripts regardless of the
window manager used.
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* dmenu: Dynamic menu is a generic menu for X.
* lsw: Lists the titles of all running X windows to stdout, similar to ls(1).
* lsx: Lists executables in a directory.
* slock: Simple X display locker that locks the X session.
* sprop: Sets or gets X window properties.
* sselp: Simple X selection printer that prints the X selection to stdout.
* ssid: Simple setsid replacement.
* swarp: Simple X warping tool to warp the mouse pointer to a given position.
* tabbed: Simple generic tabbed fronted to xembed aware applications.
* wmname: Prints/sets the window manager name property of the root
window imilar to how hostname(1) behaves.
* xssstate: Retrieves the state of X screensaver.
Description-md5: d19175bb7582a6f06fe2a6daa5910d10
Homepage: http://www.suckless.org
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu