How To Install libxcursor-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxcursor-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libxcursor-dev
libxcursor-dev is:
Header files and a static version of the X cursor management library are provided by this package.
See the libxcursor1 package for further information.
There are three methods to install libxcursor-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 libxcursor-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 libxcursor-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxcursor-dev
Install libxcursor-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxcursor-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxcursor-dev
Install libxcursor-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 libxcursor-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxcursor-dev
How To Uninstall libxcursor-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libxcursor-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxcursor-dev
Uninstall libxcursor-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxcursor-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxcursor-dev
Remove libxcursor-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libxcursor-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxcursor-dev
Remove libxcursor-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxcursor-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxcursor-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxcursor-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
