How To Install libmuffin-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmuffin-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmuffin-dev
libmuffin-dev is:
Muffin is a small window manager performing compositing as well based on GTK+ and Clutter and used in desktop environment such as Cinnamon.
It is fairly extensible by the mean of plugins, providing new or customized visual effects as well as a flexibility in the behavior of the window manager.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libmuffin-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 libmuffin-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 libmuffin-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmuffin-dev
Install libmuffin-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmuffin-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmuffin-dev
Install libmuffin-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 libmuffin-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmuffin-dev
How To Uninstall libmuffin-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmuffin-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmuffin-dev
Uninstall libmuffin-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmuffin-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmuffin-dev
Remove libmuffin-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmuffin-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmuffin-dev
Remove libmuffin-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmuffin-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmuffin-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmuffin-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
