How To Install wofi 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 wofi on Ubuntu.
What is wofi
wofi is:
wofi is an application launcher and menu program for wlroots based wayland compositors such as sway. It brings support for three built-in modes:
- drun - launch XDG Desktop files
- run - launch executables from $PATH
- dmenu - dmenu-compatabile mode to read lines from stdin
Wofi is easily themeable with the help of CSS style sheets.
There are three methods to install wofi 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 wofi Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wofi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wofi
Install wofi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wofi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wofi
Install wofi 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 wofi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wofi
How To Uninstall wofi on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the wofi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wofi
Uninstall wofi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wofi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wofi
Remove wofi Configurations and Data
To remove wofi configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wofi
Remove wofi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wofi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wofi
Dependencies
wofi have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wofi package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.