How To Install libwnck-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwnck-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libwnck-dbg
libwnck-dbg is:
A library to use for writing pagers and task lists. This variant of libwnck provides WNCK for GTK-2 based applications.
This package contains the debugging symbols for the libwnck22 library. They are installed into /usr/lib/debug and will automatically be used by gdb.
There are three methods to install libwnck-dbg 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 libwnck-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libwnck-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwnck-dbg
Install libwnck-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwnck-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwnck-dbg
Install libwnck-dbg 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 libwnck-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwnck-dbg
How To Uninstall libwnck-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libwnck-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwnck-dbg
Uninstall libwnck-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwnck-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwnck-dbg
Remove libwnck-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove libwnck-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwnck-dbg
Remove libwnck-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwnck-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwnck-dbg
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwnck-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
