How to Install awesome software package in Debian 8 (Jessie)

How to Install awesome software package in Debian 8 (Jessie)

awesome software package provides highly configurable X window manager, you can install in your Debian 8 (Jessie) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install awesome 

awesome is installed in your system.

Make ensure the awesome package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep awesome *

You will get with awesome package name, version, architecture and description in a table

awesome package basic information:

Distro Debian 8 jessie
Section X Window System software
Package awesome
Version 3.4.15-1+b1 [amd64], 3.4.15-1
Description highly configurable X window manager
Sub Section x11


See Also, How to uninstall or remove awesome software package from Debian 8 (Jessie)?