How To Install libxcb-doc on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxcb-doc on Debian 9.
What is libxcb-doc
libxcb-doc is:
This package contains the development documentation for libxcb, 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-doc 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-doc 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-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxcb-doc
Install libxcb-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxcb-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxcb-doc
Install libxcb-doc 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-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxcb-doc
How To Uninstall libxcb-doc on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libxcb-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxcb-doc
Uninstall libxcb-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxcb-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxcb-doc
Remove libxcb-doc Configurations and Data
To remove libxcb-doc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxcb-doc
Remove libxcb-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxcb-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxcb-doc
Dependencies
libxcb-doc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxcb-doc package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.