How To Install libxaw7 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxaw7 on Ubuntu 18.04. libxaw7 is X11 Athena Widget library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxaw7 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libxaw7

libxaw7 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.

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 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libxaw7

Install libxaw7 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libxaw7 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libxaw7

Install libxaw7 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 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libxaw7

How To Uninstall libxaw7 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libxaw7 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libxaw7

Uninstall libxaw7 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libxaw7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxaw7

Remove libxaw7 Configurations and Data

To remove libxaw7 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libxaw7

Remove libxaw7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libxaw7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxaw7

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxaw7 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.