How To Install libmutter-2-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmutter-2-dev
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmutter-2-dev
libmutter-2-dev is:
Mutter is a small window manager, using GTK+ and Clutter to do everything.
Mutter is the clutter-based evolution of Metacity, which, as the author says, is a “Boring window manager for the adult in you. Many window managers are like Marshmallow Froot Loops; Metacity is like Cheerios.”
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libmutter-2-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 libmutter-2-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 libmutter-2-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmutter-2-dev
Install libmutter-2-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmutter-2-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmutter-2-dev
Install libmutter-2-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 libmutter-2-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmutter-2-dev
How To Uninstall libmutter-2-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmutter-2-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmutter-2-dev
Uninstall libmutter-2-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmutter-2-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmutter-2-dev
Remove libmutter-2-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmutter-2-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmutter-2-dev
Remove libmutter-2-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmutter-2-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmutter-2-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmutter-2-dev
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.