How To Install libxcomp3 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxcomp3 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libxcomp3
libxcomp3 is:
NX is a software suite which implements very efficient compression of the X11 protocol. This increases performance when using X applications over a network, especially a slow one.
This package provides the compression library.
There are three methods to install libxcomp3 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 libxcomp3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libxcomp3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxcomp3
Install libxcomp3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxcomp3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxcomp3
Install libxcomp3 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 libxcomp3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxcomp3
How To Uninstall libxcomp3 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libxcomp3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxcomp3
Uninstall libxcomp3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxcomp3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxcomp3
Remove libxcomp3 Configurations and Data
To remove libxcomp3 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxcomp3
Remove libxcomp3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxcomp3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxcomp3
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxcomp3 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
