How To Install libxapp-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxapp-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libxapp-dev
libxapp-dev is:
Xapp provides components which are common to multiple desktop environments and required to implement cross-DE solutions.
This package provides the include files and static library for the Xapp library functions.
There are three methods to install libxapp-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libxapp-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 libxapp-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxapp-dev
Install libxapp-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxapp-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxapp-dev
Install libxapp-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 libxapp-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxapp-dev
How To Uninstall libxapp-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libxapp-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxapp-dev
Uninstall libxapp-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxapp-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxapp-dev
Remove libxapp-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libxapp-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxapp-dev
Remove libxapp-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxapp-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxapp-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxapp-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.