How To Install libxcb-present0 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxcb-present0 on Debian 11.
What is libxcb-present0
libxcb-present0 is:
This package contains the library files needed to run software using libxcb-present, the present 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-present0 on Debian 11. 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-present0 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-present0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxcb-present0
Install libxcb-present0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxcb-present0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxcb-present0
Install libxcb-present0 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-present0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxcb-present0
How To Uninstall libxcb-present0 on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libxcb-present0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxcb-present0
Uninstall libxcb-present0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxcb-present0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxcb-present0
Remove libxcb-present0 Configurations and Data
To remove libxcb-present0 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxcb-present0
Remove libxcb-present0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxcb-present0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxcb-present0
Dependencies
libxcb-present0 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxcb-present0 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
