How To Install libaosd2 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libaosd2 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libaosd2
libaosd2 is:
libaosd is an advanced on screen display library. It supports many modern features like anti-aliased text and composited rendering via XComposite, as well as support for rendering Cairo and Pango layouts.
This package contains the main library.
There are three methods to install libaosd2 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libaosd2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libaosd2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libaosd2
Install libaosd2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libaosd2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libaosd2
Install libaosd2 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 libaosd2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libaosd2
How To Uninstall libaosd2 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libaosd2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libaosd2
Uninstall libaosd2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libaosd2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libaosd2
Remove libaosd2 Configurations and Data
To remove libaosd2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libaosd2
Remove libaosd2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libaosd2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libaosd2
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libaosd2 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.