How To Install libxcb1 on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxcb1 on Debian 11. libxcb1 is X C Binding

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxcb1 on Debian 11.

What is libxcb1

libxcb1 is:

This package contains the library files needed to run software using 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 libxcb1 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 libxcb1 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libxcb1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libxcb1

Install libxcb1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libxcb1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libxcb1

Install libxcb1 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 libxcb1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libxcb1

How To Uninstall libxcb1 on Debian 11

To uninstall only the libxcb1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libxcb1

Uninstall libxcb1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libxcb1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxcb1

Remove libxcb1 Configurations and Data

To remove libxcb1 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libxcb1

Remove libxcb1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libxcb1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxcb1

Dependencies

libxcb1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxcb1 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.