How To Install libweston-8-0 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libweston-8-0 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libweston-8-0
libweston-8-0 is:
Part of the Wayland project is also the Weston reference implementation of a Wayland compositor. Weston can run as an X client or under Linux KMS and ships with a few demo clients. The Weston compositor is a minimal and fast compositor and is suitable for many embedded and mobile use cases.
This package includes the libweston shared libraries.
There are three methods to install libweston-8-0 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 libweston-8-0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libweston-8-0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libweston-8-0
Install libweston-8-0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libweston-8-0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libweston-8-0
Install libweston-8-0 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 libweston-8-0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libweston-8-0
How To Uninstall libweston-8-0 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libweston-8-0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libweston-8-0
Uninstall libweston-8-0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libweston-8-0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libweston-8-0
Remove libweston-8-0 Configurations and Data
To remove libweston-8-0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libweston-8-0
Remove libweston-8-0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libweston-8-0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libweston-8-0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libweston-8-0 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
