How To Install libxcursor1 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxcursor1
on Debian 9.
What is libxcursor1
libxcursor1 is:
Xcursor is a simple library designed to help locate and load cursors for the X Window System. Cursors can be loaded from files or memory and can exist in several sizes; the library automatically picks the best size. When using images loaded from files, Xcursor prefers to use the Render extension’s CreateCursor request for rendering cursors. Where the Render extension is not supported, Xcursor maps the cursor image to a standard X cursor and uses the core X protocol CreateCursor request.
There are three methods to install libxcursor1
on Debian 9. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libxcursor1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libxcursor1
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxcursor1
Install libxcursor1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxcursor1
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxcursor1
Install libxcursor1 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 libxcursor1
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxcursor1
How To Uninstall libxcursor1 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libxcursor1
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxcursor1
Uninstall libxcursor1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxcursor1
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxcursor1
Remove libxcursor1 Configurations and Data
To remove libxcursor1
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxcursor1
Remove libxcursor1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxcursor1
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxcursor1
Dependencies
libxcursor1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxcursor1
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.