How To Install libmx-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmx-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmx-common
libmx-common is:
The MX toolkit is a GUI toolkit library, using Clutter and is optimized for the Moblin user experience. It consists of various classes useful for building UIs such as Buttons, Tooltips, Scrollbars and others. It also supports styling through CSS stylesheets.
This package contains the common files which the libraries need.
There are three methods to install libmx-common 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 libmx-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmx-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmx-common
Install libmx-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmx-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmx-common
Install libmx-common 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 libmx-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmx-common
How To Uninstall libmx-common on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmx-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmx-common
Uninstall libmx-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmx-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmx-common
Remove libmx-common Configurations and Data
To remove libmx-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmx-common
Remove libmx-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmx-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmx-common
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmx-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
