How To Install libwnck-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwnck-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libwnck-dev
libwnck-dev 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 development files (include headers).
There are three methods to install libwnck-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 libwnck-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 libwnck-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwnck-dev
Install libwnck-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwnck-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwnck-dev
Install libwnck-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 libwnck-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwnck-dev
How To Uninstall libwnck-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libwnck-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwnck-dev
Uninstall libwnck-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwnck-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwnck-dev
Remove libwnck-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libwnck-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwnck-dev
Remove libwnck-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwnck-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwnck-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwnck-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
