How To Install libxss-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libxss-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libxss-dev is X11 Screen Saver extension library (development headers)

Introduction

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

What is libxss-dev

libxss-dev is:

libXss provides an X Window System client interface to the MIT-SCREEN-SAVER extension to the X protocol.

The Screen Saver extension allows clients behaving as screen savers to register themselves with the X server, to better integrate themselves with the running session.

This package contains the development headers for the library found in libxss1. Non-developers likely have little use for this package.

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

This module can be found at https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXScrnSaver

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

sudo apt-get -y install libxss-dev

Install libxss-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libxss-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libxss-dev

How To Uninstall libxss-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libxss-dev

Uninstall libxss-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxss-dev

Remove libxss-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libxss-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libxss-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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