How To Install libmirplatform16 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmirplatform16
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmirplatform16
libmirplatform16 is:
Mir is a display server running on linux systems, with a focus on efficiency, robust operation and a well-defined driver model.
Contains the shared libraries required for the Mir server to interact with the underlying hardware platform.
There are three methods to install libmirplatform16
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libmirplatform16 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmirplatform16
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmirplatform16
Install libmirplatform16 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmirplatform16
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmirplatform16
Install libmirplatform16 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 libmirplatform16
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmirplatform16
How To Uninstall libmirplatform16 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmirplatform16
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmirplatform16
Uninstall libmirplatform16 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmirplatform16
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmirplatform16
Remove libmirplatform16 Configurations and Data
To remove libmirplatform16
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmirplatform16
Remove libmirplatform16 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmirplatform16
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmirplatform16
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmirplatform16
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.