How To Install libmx-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmx-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmx-dev
libmx-dev 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 development files.
There are three methods to install libmx-dev 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-dev 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-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmx-dev
Install libmx-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmx-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmx-dev
Install libmx-dev 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-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmx-dev
How To Uninstall libmx-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmx-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmx-dev
Uninstall libmx-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmx-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmx-dev
Remove libmx-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmx-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmx-dev
Remove libmx-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmx-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmx-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmx-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
