How To Install libdirectfb-bin on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdirectfb-bin on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libdirectfb-bin
libdirectfb-bin is:
DirectFB is a graphics library which was designed with embedded systems in mind. It offers maximum hardware accelerated performance at a minimum of resource usage and overhead.
This package contains the DirectFB background configuration tool and the source generation tool.
There are three methods to install libdirectfb-bin on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libdirectfb-bin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libdirectfb-bin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdirectfb-bin
Install libdirectfb-bin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdirectfb-bin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdirectfb-bin
Install libdirectfb-bin 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 libdirectfb-bin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdirectfb-bin
How To Uninstall libdirectfb-bin on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libdirectfb-bin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdirectfb-bin
Uninstall libdirectfb-bin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdirectfb-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdirectfb-bin
Remove libdirectfb-bin Configurations and Data
To remove libdirectfb-bin configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdirectfb-bin
Remove libdirectfb-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdirectfb-bin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdirectfb-bin
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdirectfb-bin package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
