How To Install libice6 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libice6 on Debian 11.
What is libice6
libice6 is:
This package provides the main interface to the X11 Inter-Client Exchange library, which allows for communication of data between X clients.
More information about X.Org can be found at: URL:http://www.X.org
This module can be found at git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/lib/libICE
There are three methods to install libice6 on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libice6 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libice6 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libice6
Install libice6 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libice6 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libice6
Install libice6 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 libice6 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libice6
How To Uninstall libice6 on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libice6 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libice6
Uninstall libice6 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libice6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libice6
Remove libice6 Configurations and Data
To remove libice6 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libice6
Remove libice6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libice6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libice6
Dependencies
libice6 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libice6 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.