How To Install libecore-x1 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libecore-x1 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libecore-x1
libecore-x1 is:
This is the core event abstraction layer and X abstraction layer that makes doing selections, Xdnd, general X stuff, and event loops, timeouts and idle handlers fast, optimized, and convenient. It’s a separate library so anyone can make use of the work put into Ecore to make this job easy for applications.
This package contains the Ecore wrapper and convenience functions for using the X Window System.
There are three methods to install libecore-x1 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 libecore-x1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libecore-x1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libecore-x1
Install libecore-x1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libecore-x1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libecore-x1
Install libecore-x1 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 libecore-x1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libecore-x1
How To Uninstall libecore-x1 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libecore-x1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libecore-x1
Uninstall libecore-x1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libecore-x1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libecore-x1
Remove libecore-x1 Configurations and Data
To remove libecore-x1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libecore-x1
Remove libecore-x1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libecore-x1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libecore-x1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libecore-x1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
