How To Install libxaw3dxft8-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libxaw3dxft8-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libxaw3dxft8-dev is Extended version of Xaw3d with support for UTF8 (Development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxaw3dxft8-dev on Debian 10.

What is libxaw3dxft8-dev

libxaw3dxft8-dev is:

Xaw3dxft is an extended version of Xaw3d, developed as part of xpaint with support for UTF8 input and UTF8 encoding of text, and rendering text with the Freetype library and Truetype fonts.

It should be mostly compatible with the original Xaw3d library, except for font management: everything using the old X11 core font routines should be replaced by their freetype equivalents.

This package contains the development files for libxaw3dxft.

There are three methods to install libxaw3dxft8-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 libxaw3dxft8-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 libxaw3dxft8-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libxaw3dxft8-dev

Install libxaw3dxft8-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libxaw3dxft8-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libxaw3dxft8-dev

Install libxaw3dxft8-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 libxaw3dxft8-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libxaw3dxft8-dev

How To Uninstall libxaw3dxft8-dev on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libxaw3dxft8-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libxaw3dxft8-dev

Uninstall libxaw3dxft8-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libxaw3dxft8-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxaw3dxft8-dev

Remove libxaw3dxft8-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libxaw3dxft8-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libxaw3dxft8-dev

Remove libxaw3dxft8-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libxaw3dxft8-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxaw3dxft8-dev

Dependencies

libxaw3dxft8-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxaw3dxft8-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.