How To Install libxcb-composite0 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxcb-composite0 on Debian 9.
What is libxcb-composite0
libxcb-composite0 is:
This package contains the library files needed to run software using libxcb-composite, the composite extension for the X C Binding.
The XCB library provides an interface to the X Window System protocol, designed to replace the Xlib interface. XCB provides several advantages over Xlib:
- Size: small library and lower memory footprint
- Latency hiding: batch several requests and wait for the replies later
- Direct protocol access: one-to-one mapping between interface and protocol
- Thread support: access XCB from multiple threads, with no explicit locking
- Easy creation of new extensions: automatically generates interface from machine-parsable protocol descriptions
There are three methods to install libxcb-composite0 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libxcb-composite0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libxcb-composite0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxcb-composite0
Install libxcb-composite0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxcb-composite0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxcb-composite0
Install libxcb-composite0 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libxcb-composite0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxcb-composite0
How To Uninstall libxcb-composite0 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libxcb-composite0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxcb-composite0
Uninstall libxcb-composite0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxcb-composite0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxcb-composite0
Remove libxcb-composite0 Configurations and Data
To remove libxcb-composite0 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxcb-composite0
Remove libxcb-composite0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxcb-composite0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxcb-composite0
Dependencies
libxcb-composite0 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxcb-composite0 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.