How To Install libxpresent-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxpresent-dev on Debian 9. libxpresent-dev is X11 Present extension library (development headers)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxpresent-dev on Debian 9.

What is libxpresent-dev

libxpresent-dev is:

libXpresent provides an X Window System client interface to the Present extension to the X protocol.

The Present extension provides a way for applications to update their window contents from a pixmap in a well defined fashion, synchronizing with the display refresh and potentially using a more efficient mechanism than copying the contents of the source pixmap.

This package contains the development headers for the library found in libxpresent1. Non-developers likely have little use for this package.

More information about X.Org can be found at: URL:http://www.X.org

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

sudo apt-get -y install libxpresent-dev

Install libxpresent-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libxpresent-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libxpresent-dev

How To Uninstall libxpresent-dev on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libxpresent-dev

Uninstall libxpresent-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libxpresent-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxpresent-dev

Remove libxpresent-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libxpresent-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libxpresent-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libxpresent-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxpresent-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.