How To Install libxcompshad3 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxcompshad3 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libxcompshad3
libxcompshad3 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.
There are three methods to install libxcompshad3 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 libxcompshad3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libxcompshad3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxcompshad3
Install libxcompshad3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxcompshad3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxcompshad3
Install libxcompshad3 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 libxcompshad3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxcompshad3
How To Uninstall libxcompshad3 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libxcompshad3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxcompshad3
Uninstall libxcompshad3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxcompshad3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxcompshad3
Remove libxcompshad3 Configurations and Data
To remove libxcompshad3 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxcompshad3
Remove libxcompshad3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxcompshad3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxcompshad3
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxcompshad3 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
