How To Install libdmx1-dbg on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdmx1-dbg on Debian 9.
What is libdmx1-dbg
libdmx1-dbg is:
libdmx is an interface to the DMX extension for X, which allows a single server to be set up as a proxy spanning multiple servers – not unlike Xinerama across discrete physical machines. It can be reconfigured on the fly to change the layout, and it is presented as a single logical display to clients.
libdmx allows clients to configure the layout of DMX servers by adding and removing screens, input devices, et al.
This package contains the debug versions of the library found in libdmx1. Non-developers likely have little use for this package.
More information about X.Org can be found at: URL:http://www.X.org
This module can be found at git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/lib/libdmx
There are three methods to install libdmx1-dbg on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libdmx1-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libdmx1-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdmx1-dbg
Install libdmx1-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdmx1-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdmx1-dbg
Install libdmx1-dbg 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libdmx1-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdmx1-dbg
How To Uninstall libdmx1-dbg on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libdmx1-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdmx1-dbg
Uninstall libdmx1-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdmx1-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdmx1-dbg
Remove libdmx1-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove libdmx1-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdmx1-dbg
Remove libdmx1-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdmx1-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdmx1-dbg
Dependencies
libdmx1-dbg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdmx1-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
