How To Install libx11-xcb-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libx11-xcb-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libx11-xcb-dev
libx11-xcb-dev is:
libX11-xcb provides functions needed by clients which take advantage of Xlib/XCB to mix calls to both Xlib and XCB over the same X connection.
This package contains the development headers for the library found in libx11-xcb1. Non-developers likely have little use for this package.
More information about X.Org can be found at: URL:https://www.X.org
More information about XCB can be found at: URL:https://xcb.freedesktop.org
This module can be found at git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/lib/libX11
Package: libx11-xcb-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 2:1.6.9-2ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libdevel Source: libx11 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 81 Depends: libx11-xcb1 (= 2:1.6.9-2ubuntu1), libxcb1-dev (>= 1.11.1), libx11-dev Filename: pool/main/libx/libx11/libx11-xcb-dev_1.6.9-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 9796 MD5sum: 5c12e9aacaa026f8183cc86584ca9b47 SHA1: fe4c62424b07e00c8a2fb027ff30431bc86f4c39 SHA256: dda2a21ec778ff5c307fcc0413a4796257516eb2dd0ac55f60a5e226d9570547 Description-en: Xlib/XCB interface library (development headers) libX11-xcb provides functions needed by clients which take advantage of Xlib/XCB to mix calls to both Xlib and XCB over the same X connection.
This package contains the development headers for the library found in libx11-xcb1. Non-developers likely have little use for this package.
More information about X.Org can be found at: URL:https://www.X.org
More information about XCB can be found at: URL:https://xcb.freedesktop.org
This module can be found at git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/lib/libX11
There are three methods to install libx11-xcb-dev
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 libx11-xcb-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 libx11-xcb-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libx11-xcb-dev
Install libx11-xcb-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libx11-xcb-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libx11-xcb-dev
Install libx11-xcb-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 libx11-xcb-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libx11-xcb-dev
How To Uninstall libx11-xcb-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libx11-xcb-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libx11-xcb-dev
Uninstall libx11-xcb-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libx11-xcb-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libx11-xcb-dev
Remove libx11-xcb-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libx11-xcb-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libx11-xcb-dev
Remove libx11-xcb-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libx11-xcb-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libx11-xcb-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libx11-xcb-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.