How To Install libsx-dev on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsx-dev
on Debian 10.
What is libsx-dev
libsx-dev is:
Libsx (the Simple X library) is a library of code that sits on top of and to the side of the Athena widget set. Its purpose is to make writing X applications much easier.
This package contains header files, pkgconfig files and static libraries for libsx.
There are three methods to install libsx-dev
on Debian 10. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libsx-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 libsx-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsx-dev
Install libsx-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsx-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsx-dev
Install libsx-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libsx-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsx-dev
How To Uninstall libsx-dev on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libsx-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsx-dev
Uninstall libsx-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsx-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsx-dev
Remove libsx-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libsx-dev
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsx-dev
Remove libsx-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsx-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsx-dev
Dependencies
libsx-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsx-dev
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.