How To Install libfs6-dbg on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfs6-dbg on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libfs6-dbg
libfs6-dbg is:
libFS, the Font Services library, provides various functions useful to X11 font servers, and clients connecting to font servers. It is not used outside of thse implementations.
This package contains the debug versions of the library found in libfs6. 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/libFS
There are three methods to install libfs6-dbg on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libfs6-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 libfs6-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libfs6-dbg
Install libfs6-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libfs6-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libfs6-dbg
Install libfs6-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libfs6-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libfs6-dbg
How To Uninstall libfs6-dbg on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libfs6-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libfs6-dbg
Uninstall libfs6-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libfs6-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfs6-dbg
Remove libfs6-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove libfs6-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libfs6-dbg
Remove libfs6-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libfs6-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfs6-dbg
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfs6-dbg package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
