How To Install libgxw-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgxw-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libgxw-dev
libgxw-dev is:
Guitarix is a rock guitar amplifier for the Jack Audio Connection Kit with one input and two outputs. It is designed to produce nice trash/metal/rock/blues guitar sounds and comes with a GTK+ interface and as Ladspa and LV2 plugins.
This package contains development files for Guitarix’s GTK+ library.
There are three methods to install libgxw-dev 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 libgxw-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 libgxw-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgxw-dev
Install libgxw-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgxw-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgxw-dev
Install libgxw-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libgxw-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgxw-dev
How To Uninstall libgxw-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libgxw-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgxw-dev
Uninstall libgxw-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgxw-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgxw-dev
Remove libgxw-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libgxw-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgxw-dev
Remove libgxw-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgxw-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgxw-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgxw-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
