How To Install libsm6 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsm6 on Debian 9.
What is libsm6
libsm6 is:
This package provides the main interface to the X11 Session Management library, which allows for applications to both manage sessions, and make use of session managers to save and restore their state for later use.
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/libSM
There are three methods to install libsm6 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libsm6 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libsm6 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsm6
Install libsm6 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsm6 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsm6
Install libsm6 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 libsm6 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsm6
How To Uninstall libsm6 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libsm6 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsm6
Uninstall libsm6 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsm6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsm6
Remove libsm6 Configurations and Data
To remove libsm6 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsm6
Remove libsm6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsm6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsm6
Dependencies
libsm6 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsm6 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.