How To Install libxaw7-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxaw7-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libxaw7-dev
libxaw7-dev is:
libXaw7 provides the second version of Xaw, the Athena Widgets toolkit, which is largely used by legacy X applications. This version is the most common version, as version 6 is considered deprecated, and version 8, which adds Xprint support, is unsupported and not widely used. In general, use of a more modern toolkit such as GTK+ is recommended.
This package contains the development headers for the library found in libxaw7. Non-developers likely have little use for this package.
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/libXaw
There are three methods to install libxaw7-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 libxaw7-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 libxaw7-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxaw7-dev
Install libxaw7-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxaw7-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxaw7-dev
Install libxaw7-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 libxaw7-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxaw7-dev
How To Uninstall libxaw7-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libxaw7-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxaw7-dev
Uninstall libxaw7-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxaw7-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxaw7-dev
Remove libxaw7-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libxaw7-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxaw7-dev
Remove libxaw7-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxaw7-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxaw7-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxaw7-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
