How To Install libmx-bin on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmx-bin on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmx-bin
libmx-bin is:
The MX toolkit is a GUI toolkit library, using Clutter and is optimized for the Moblin user experience. It consists of various classes useful for building UIs such as Buttons, Tooltips, Scrollbars and others. It also supports styling through CSS stylesheets.
This package contains the utilities which are used by the libraries and other packages.
There are three methods to install libmx-bin 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 libmx-bin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmx-bin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmx-bin
Install libmx-bin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmx-bin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmx-bin
Install libmx-bin 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 libmx-bin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmx-bin
How To Uninstall libmx-bin on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmx-bin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmx-bin
Uninstall libmx-bin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmx-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmx-bin
Remove libmx-bin Configurations and Data
To remove libmx-bin configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmx-bin
Remove libmx-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmx-bin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmx-bin
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmx-bin package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
