How To Install enlightenment on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install enlightenment on Ubuntu.

What is `enlightenment`

enlightenment is:

Enlightenment is an advanced window manager for X11. Unique features include: a fully animated background, nice drop shadows around windows, backed by an extremely clean and optimized foundation of APIs.

This package contains the core files for Enlightenment.

There are three methods to install enlightenment on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install enlightenment Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install enlightenment using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install enlightenment

Install enlightenment Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install enlightenment using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install enlightenment

Install enlightenment Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install enlightenment using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install enlightenment

How To Uninstall enlightenment on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the enlightenment package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove enlightenment

Uninstall enlightenment And Its Dependencies

To uninstall enlightenment and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove enlightenment

Remove enlightenment Configurations and Data

To remove enlightenment configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge enlightenment

Remove enlightenment configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove enlightenment configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge enlightenment

Dependencies

enlightenment have the following dependencies:

References

enlightenment website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install enlightenment package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.