How To Install libxaw3dxft8 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxaw3dxft8
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libxaw3dxft8
libxaw3dxft8 is:
Xaw3dxft is an extended version of Xaw3d, developed as part of xpaint with support for UTF8 input and UTF8 encoding of text, and rendering text with the Freetype library and Truetype fonts.
It should be mostly compatible with the original Xaw3d library, except for font management: everything using the old X11 core font routines should be replaced by their freetype equivalents.
There are three methods to install libxaw3dxft8
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 libxaw3dxft8 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libxaw3dxft8
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxaw3dxft8
Install libxaw3dxft8 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxaw3dxft8
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxaw3dxft8
Install libxaw3dxft8 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 libxaw3dxft8
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxaw3dxft8
How To Uninstall libxaw3dxft8 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libxaw3dxft8
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxaw3dxft8
Uninstall libxaw3dxft8 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxaw3dxft8
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxaw3dxft8
Remove libxaw3dxft8 Configurations and Data
To remove libxaw3dxft8
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxaw3dxft8
Remove libxaw3dxft8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxaw3dxft8
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxaw3dxft8
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxaw3dxft8
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.