How To Install libmotif-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmotif-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmotif-common
libmotif-common is:
Motif is the industry standard GUI component toolkit for *NIX.
This package contains Motif common bindings and bitmaps.
There are three methods to install libmotif-common 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 libmotif-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmotif-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmotif-common
Install libmotif-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmotif-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmotif-common
Install libmotif-common 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 libmotif-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmotif-common
How To Uninstall libmotif-common on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmotif-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmotif-common
Uninstall libmotif-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmotif-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmotif-common
Remove libmotif-common Configurations and Data
To remove libmotif-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmotif-common
Remove libmotif-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmotif-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmotif-common
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmotif-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.