How To Install libxdg-basedir-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxdg-basedir-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libxdg-basedir-dev
libxdg-basedir-dev is:
The XDG Base Directory Specification defines where should user files be looked for by defining one or more base directories relative in with they should be located.
This library implements functions to list the directories according to the specification and provides a few higher-level functions.
This package contains the library headers and documentation for developers.
There are three methods to install libxdg-basedir-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libxdg-basedir-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 libxdg-basedir-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxdg-basedir-dev
Install libxdg-basedir-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxdg-basedir-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxdg-basedir-dev
Install libxdg-basedir-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 libxdg-basedir-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxdg-basedir-dev
How To Uninstall libxdg-basedir-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libxdg-basedir-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxdg-basedir-dev
Uninstall libxdg-basedir-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxdg-basedir-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxdg-basedir-dev
Remove libxdg-basedir-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libxdg-basedir-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxdg-basedir-dev
Remove libxdg-basedir-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxdg-basedir-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxdg-basedir-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxdg-basedir-dev
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.