How To Install libxau6 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxau6
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libxau6
libxau6 is:
This package provides the main interface to the X11 authorisation handling, which controls authorisation for X connections, both client-side and server-side.
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/libXau Task: standard
There are three methods to install libxau6
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 libxau6 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libxau6
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxau6
Install libxau6 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxau6
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxau6
Install libxau6 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 libxau6
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxau6
How To Uninstall libxau6 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libxau6
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxau6
Uninstall libxau6 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxau6
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxau6
Remove libxau6 Configurations and Data
To remove libxau6
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxau6
Remove libxau6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxau6
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxau6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxau6
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.