How To Install libxcompshad-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxcompshad-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libxcompshad-dev
libxcompshad-dev 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 a library for shadow session support.
This package contains the development headers for this library.
There are three methods to install libxcompshad-dev 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 libxcompshad-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libxcompshad-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxcompshad-dev
Install libxcompshad-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxcompshad-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxcompshad-dev
Install libxcompshad-dev 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 libxcompshad-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxcompshad-dev
How To Uninstall libxcompshad-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libxcompshad-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxcompshad-dev
Uninstall libxcompshad-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxcompshad-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxcompshad-dev
Remove libxcompshad-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libxcompshad-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxcompshad-dev
Remove libxcompshad-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxcompshad-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxcompshad-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxcompshad-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
