How To Install waypipe 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 waypipe on Ubuntu.
What is waypipe
waypipe is:
waypipe is a proxy for Wayland clients. It forwards Wayland messages and serializes changes to shared memory buffers over a single socket. This makes application forwarding similar to ssh -X feasible.
There are three methods to install waypipe 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 waypipe Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install waypipe using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install waypipe
Install waypipe Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install waypipe using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install waypipe
Install waypipe 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 waypipe using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install waypipe
How To Uninstall waypipe on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the waypipe package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove waypipe
Uninstall waypipe And Its Dependencies
To uninstall waypipe and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove waypipe
Remove waypipe Configurations and Data
To remove waypipe configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge waypipe
Remove waypipe configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove waypipe configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge waypipe
Dependencies
waypipe have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install waypipe package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.