How To Install libxatracker2 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxatracker2 on Debian 9.
What is libxatracker2
libxatracker2 is:
This package contains the XA (X acceleration) library. It is used exclusively by the X server to do render, copy and video acceleration.
XA is intended to be used by the vmware driver for virtualized X acceleration.
There are three methods to install libxatracker2 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libxatracker2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libxatracker2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxatracker2
Install libxatracker2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxatracker2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxatracker2
Install libxatracker2 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 libxatracker2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxatracker2
How To Uninstall libxatracker2 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libxatracker2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxatracker2
Uninstall libxatracker2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxatracker2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxatracker2
Remove libxatracker2 Configurations and Data
To remove libxatracker2 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxatracker2
Remove libxatracker2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxatracker2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxatracker2
Dependencies
libxatracker2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxatracker2 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
